WASHINGTON, June 30 (Hina) - The United States government is ready to financially help the reconstruction of Yugoslavia's economy and the country's further development with US$181.6 million in this and the next budget year, the US
government said in a statement in Washington Friday. On behalf of the US government, Ambassador Larry Napper, U.S. coordinator for East European Assistance, promised this amount at a donors' conference held in Brussels. About US$75 million is to be approved in the US Congress from the 2002 budget. State Department deputy spokesman Philip Reeker said the funds had been approved because the United Stated believed Belgrade would continue to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), work on the implementation of the Dayton agreements and strengthen interior democratic development. Reeker expressed hope that Slobodan Milosevic's ext
WASHINGTON, June 30 (Hina) - The United States government is ready
to financially help the reconstruction of Yugoslavia's economy and
the country's further development with US$181.6 million in this and
the next budget year, the US government said in a statement in
Washington Friday.
On behalf of the US government, Ambassador Larry Napper, U.S.
coordinator for East European Assistance, promised this amount at a
donors' conference held in Brussels.
About US$75 million is to be approved in the US Congress from the
2002 budget.
State Department deputy spokesman Philip Reeker said the funds had
been approved because the United Stated believed Belgrade would
continue to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), work on the implementation of the
Dayton agreements and strengthen interior democratic
development.
Reeker expressed hope that Slobodan Milosevic's extradition to the
ICTY would open a path for the extradition of other war crimes
indictees, particularly pointing to Milutinovic, Ojdanic,
Stojiljkovic, Sainovic, Karadzic and Mladic.
Asked to comment on the reactions of some Yugoslav politicians,
primarily President Vojislav Kostunica, Reeker said this was
Yugoslavia's internal matter.
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