YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER ADVOCATES CIVIL CONTROL OVER MILITARY

BELGRADE, Sept 28 (Hina) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic has requested the military be placed under full civil control and be accountable directly to the government and not the head of state. "Not everyone in politics" shares my opinion, the minister said in Belgrade on Friday at a conference on Yugoslavia's access to NATO's Partnership for Peace programme and the Euro-Atlantic community. The Yugoslav Supreme Defence Council debated access to the NATO programme at its last session, Svilanovic said, pointing out this required regulating relations between the two republics, Serbia and Montenegro. The minister thinks "the Balkan nations have ended their wars forever." As for Macedonia, he said the situation would calm down as all political factors resorting to force would give in. Svilanovic urged more work should be done on the minority rights by guaranteeing territorial integrity to all states and making the minorities a security element in the region. "Integration into European security institutions will reduce the need for security systems, especially military ones, but will require stronger cooperation among countries in the prevention of trafficking in arms, drugs, humans," Svilanovic said. The Belgrade conference is attended by representatives of NATO, Partnership for Peace, the European Union, and the Yugoslav Army. (hina) ha sb