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      ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

      Odraz B92 vesti (by 10 PM), April 10, 1997

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      C O N T E N T S
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      NEWS BY 10 PM

        Zajedno Rift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
        Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Agree Dual Citizenship with
        Croatia  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59
  15    Milutinovic Sends Draft Agreement on Diplomatic Relations To
        Bosnia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
        Seselj Says Djindjic is Incompetant Mayor  . . . . . . . . .  75
        Democratic Party Accuses Seselj of Sleeping with the Enemy .  81
        Bogoljub Karic to Stand for President  . . . . . . . . . . .  90

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      ZAJEDNO RIFT

      President of the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO), and one of the
  25  Zajedno coalition leaders, Vuk Draskovic told reporters on
      Thursday that the unity of Zajedno was threatened by disrespect
      for the coalition agreement, secret talks with Slobodan Milosevic
      and the Socialist Party, advertising agencies and public opinion
      polls, FoNet reported.

  30  Mr. Draskovic said that as Zajedno had already agreed that their
      presidential candidate for the elections would be proposed by the
      SPO, his party viewed as unfair Zoran Djindjic's reaction to Mr.
      Draskovic's nomination. Mr. Draskovic added that he ``had been the
      last to know'' about Mr. Djindjic's secret meeting with Slobodan
  35  Milosevic in January, at the peak of street protests.

      ``Talks of that kind should not be conducted behind your partner's
      back. I was convinced that it was a rumour started by the UDBA
      (Serbian State Security). It was not until February 25 that
      Djindjic admitted that he had had such a meeting with the Serbian
  40  President.''

      Mr. Draskovic also slammed the coalitions's reliance on
      advertising agencies and pollsters for policy formulation and said
      their role should be limited to consultancy.

      Mr. Draskovic concluded by saying that the SPO would not accept
  45  the nomination within Zajedno of any other candidate for the
      presidential elections ``because this would mean breaking a firm
      agreement.''

      Mr. Draskovic commented on Serb-Albanian talks in New York that
      although both sides still held very different views on the future
  50  of Kosovo they had agreed to hold the next round of talks in
      Serbia.

      Commenting on the reported rift between Mr. Draskovic and Mr.
      Djindjic over Zajedno's candidate for the presidential elections,
      Democratic party leader Zoran Djindic told journalists that the
  55  two leaders only disagreed about the finer details and not about
      who would run. He stressed that it was a matter of first ensuring
      that fair conditions for the elections were in place rather than
      who would be the coalition's nominee.


      FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA TO AGREE DUAL CITIZENSHIP WITH
  60  CROATIA

      Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic on Thursday met with
      President of Eastern Slavonia Goran Hadzic, Radio B92 reported.
      The Yugoslav Foreign Minister stressed the importance of dual
      Yugoslav-Croat citizenship for Serbs in the region and said that
  65  Yugoslavia was ready to settle the issue, either through the
      proposed bilateral agreement with Croatia or through its own
      internal legal system.


      MILUTINOVIC SENDS DRAFT AGREEMENT ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS TO
      BOSNIA

  70  Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic on Thursday forwarded
      a draft Agreement on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations
      between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of
      Yugoslavia to the Presidency of the BiH and the Bosnian Foreign
      Minister, Belgrade state media reported on Thursday.


  75  SESELJ SAYS DJINDJIC IS INCOMPETANT MAYOR

      President of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) Vojislav Seselj on
      Thursday announced that the Radicals would demand the replacement
      of Belgrade Mayor Zoran Djindjic.

      Mr. Seselj accused Mayor Djindjic of incompetence and lack of
  80  concern over his duties as Mayor.


      DEMOCRATIC PARTY ACCUSES SESELJ OF SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY

      The Democratic Party (DS) on Thursday said the walk out of members
      of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) and the Socialist Party of
      Serbia from a session of Belgrade's City Assembly was ``proof that
  85  Seselj was cooperating with the Left Coalition,'' Radio B92
      reported.

      The DS stressed that ``whenever there was a chance for Yugoslavia
      to become a democratic country, Seselj jumped to the rescue of his
      employers and blocked the country's democratisation.''


  90  BOGOLJUB KARIC TO STAND FOR PRESIDENT

      Owner of BK Telecom Bogoljub Karic announced his candidacy for the
      presidential elections on Thursday. Asked by NIN magazine, if he
      would run, Mr. Karic replied: ``I will stand as long as the
      electoral conditions are free and fair. I am fed up with sitting
  95  on the sidewalk and watching the collapse of Serbia. My candidacy
      means that I do not want us to wait for the 21st century until the
      year 2050. I want us to enter 21st century in 2001.'' In his
      interview for the NIN, Mr. Karic stressed that the essence of
      progress lay in economic reform without ideological or state
 100  restrictions.

      Prepared by: Goran Dimitrijevic
      Edited by: Julia Glyn-Pickett

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