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    ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

    Odraz B92 vesti (by 10 PM), March 13, 1997

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    FR YUGOSLAVIA CLOSES BORDER WITH ALBANIA

    Responding to escalating violence in Albania, the Yugoslav Supreme
    Council of Defence have decided to close all borders with Albania
    until further notice. Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic chaired the
    Council session on Thursday where members of the Council also
    decided to put the Yugoslav Army and police forces on full alert
    in the border regions.

    Montenegrin President Momir Bulatovic expressed grave concern at
    the civil unrest in Albania, BETA reported.


    MILO DJUKANOVIC IN WASHINGTON

    Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic told reporters on
    Thursday in Washington that Montenegro ``took its equality in the
    Yugoslav Federation very seriously,'' FoNet reported.

    Mr. Djukanovic stressed that Montenegro had its own strategy of
    development which included serious political and economic reform.
    Mr. Djukanovic added that Montenegro would try to do this within
    the Federation, but if this was not possible would exercise its
    constitutional right to protect its own interests.

    Mr. Djukanovic also said that Montenegro also had the
    constitutional option to exit the Federation by calling a
    referendum.


    MILUTINOVIC PROPOSES TO MEET ZAJEDNO LEADERS AND OSCE IN
    COPENHAGEN ON MARCH 15

    Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic has reportedly offered
    to meet OSCE Chairman-in-Office Niels Helveg Petersen and Zajedno
    leader in Copenhagen on March 15, FoNet reported on Thursady.

    Mr. Petersen had previously scheduled the dialogue between Serbian
    authorities and the opposition for March 17 but Mr. Milutinovic
    said he was too busy and would not be able to visit Copenhagan
    until the end of March.

    The OSCE said that the meeting was urgent and that it was vital to
    hold it before the meeting of the next EU Council on March 24.


    BULATOVIC AND KRAJISNIK ON AGREEMENT BETWEEN FR YUGOSLAVIA AND RS

    Montenegrin President Momir Bulatovic and member of the Presidency
    of Bosnia and Herzegovina Momcilo Krajisnik met on Thursday in
    Podgorica to discuss various aspects of the Agreement on Special
    Relations between the FR Yugoslavia and ``Republika Srpska'' (Serb
    entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina), FoNet reported.

    ``We give this document the highest importance, and we believe
    that it must be further implemented,'' Mr. Bulatovic told
    journalists after the meeting.

    Mr. Krajisnik confirmed Republika Srpska's determination to carry
    through the Agreement on Special Relations, and said that he
    expected it to be ratified soon.

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

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