BELGRADE, Sept 25 (Hina) - Yugoslav Prime Minister Dragisa Pesic is willing to withdraw from Serb-Montenegrin negotiations on the future of the Yugoslav federation, to be replaced by a person Serbia and Montenegro agree upon, the
Belgrade-based news agency Beta learnt Tuesday at the Socialist people's party (SNP) headquarters, of which Pesic is a member. SNP spokesman Dragan Koprivica added the Yugoslav prime minister's position would enable the negotiations to continue. Pesic's decision, however, was enforced by Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic and PM Filip Vujanovic's non-attendance of the September 19 meeting. The Montenegrin government does not recognise the Yugoslav federal government because it was constituted through former president Slobodan Milosevic' constitutional coup d'etat mid last year. Kostunica also sent a letter to Serbian PM Zoran Djindjic, assessing Yugoslavia's destiny would be determi
BELGRADE, Sept 25 (Hina) - Yugoslav Prime Minister Dragisa Pesic is
willing to withdraw from Serb-Montenegrin negotiations on the
future of the Yugoslav federation, to be replaced by a person Serbia
and Montenegro agree upon, the Belgrade-based news agency Beta
learnt Tuesday at the Socialist people's party (SNP) headquarters,
of which Pesic is a member.
SNP spokesman Dragan Koprivica added the Yugoslav prime minister's
position would enable the negotiations to continue.
Pesic's decision, however, was enforced by Montenegrin President
Milo Djukanovic and PM Filip Vujanovic's non-attendance of the
September 19 meeting. The Montenegrin government does not
recognise the Yugoslav federal government because it was
constituted through former president Slobodan Milosevic'
constitutional coup d'etat mid last year.
Kostunica also sent a letter to Serbian PM Zoran Djindjic,
assessing Yugoslavia's destiny would be determined at a
Montenegrin independence referendum.
His statement has been assessed as the abandonment of any further
negotiations and the cancellation of meetings announced for end of
this and beginning of next month.
Djindjic described Kostunica's "ultimatum" as unconstitutional
because no-one gave him the right to give up on the negotiations. He
believes Kostunica's assessment of negotiations that have not even
started as "unsuccessful" is premature.
"Kostunica is behaving like some modern monarch who is taking over
jurisdiction of every institution by violating the constitution,"
Djindjic stated.
He confirmed Tuesday he received another invitation to continue
negotiations on Yugoslavia's future, but this invite came from the
Montenegrin PM Vujanovic. He explained he received some seven or
eight similar offers so far.
Vujanovic's offer, however, is to redefine "technical details" of
the way Serbia and Montenegro function, which Djindjic had
mentioned previously, and for which he was attacked by Kostunica,
claiming the Serb prime minister did not really want to talk about
redefining relations on a federal level.
Djindjic said Vujanovic's offer would be proceeded to the ruling
Serbian coalition DOS, which will announce its decision.
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