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Thursday, 24 August 1995
Volume 2, Issue 164
REGIONAL NEWS
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**SERB AND CROAT CHURCH LEADERS MEET IN HUNGARY**
Serb and Croat church leaders are holding their first formal
meeting since the outbreak of war in the former Yugoslavia.
The meeting was organized on neutral ground in the Hungarian
town of Kecskemet. The church leaders say religion should play
an important role in ending the conflict. But they add faith
has its limits and the peace process will be long and mainly
political. Croats and Serbs share a common language and much
of their culture but follow different branches of
Christianity, the croats beong predominantly Catholic and the
Serbs Orthodox Christians. The conference excluded Muslim
leaders. The meeting's organizer, retired Hungarian Lutheran
Bishop Karoly Toth, says the Muslims' presence might have
caused tensions the conference could not handle. Toth says
he hopes more groups will be invited to talks in the future
that would include more significant negotiations.
**FERENCVAROS PUSH ASIDE ANDERLECHT TO ENTER CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE**
Budapest's primary soccer club, Ferencvaros, Wednesday eliminated
Belgian champions Anderlecht from the European Champions'
Cup and becane the first Hungarian club to reach the final
stages of the competition, the Champions' League. At the
club's Ulloi Ut stadium, the team managed a 1-1 draw in the
second leg after defeating Anderlecht 1-0 in the first leg in
Belgium two weeks ago.
BUSINESS NEWS
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**HUNGARY'S MOL AND AUSTRIA'S OMV MAY BUY INTO ADRIA PIPELINE**
Austrian oil and chemicals group OMV and Hungary's MOL are
interested in buying a stake in Croatia's Adriatic Oil
Pipeline Joint Stock Company, according to OMV chief executive
Richard Schenz. Schenz told a news conference on Wednesday
that OMV and MOL will start joint talks with the Croatian
government in September. The two firms are looking at a 15
percent stake in the state-controlled company, which operates
the Adria pipeline from Rijeka in Croatia to Gola on the
Hungarian border. Schenz says the Adria pipeline would
provide an alternative to the existing Transalpine pipeline
and Adria-Vienna pipeline. He wouldnot say how much OMV and
MOL are prepared to pay for the stake.
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No. 166, 25 August 1995
HUNGARY REINFORCES ITS BORDER WITH SLAVONIA. Hungary on 24 August
strengthened its defenses with eastern Slavonia, a territory in Croatia
held by rebel Serbs, Western agencies reported. A border guard spokesman
said the move was in response to tension on the border between Serbia
and Croatia, which, he claimed, "was visibly mounting." According to the
spokesman, five border guard units have been brought in from other areas
of Hungary to patrol the 66-kilometer section of the border. He said
patrols would be stepped up but called the measures "purely
precautionary." -- Jiri Pehe, OMRI, Inc.
HORN TO ATTEMPT TO DISSUADE ROMANIANS FROM IMPLEMENTING EDUCATION LAW.
Citing the Hungarian news agency MTI, Radio Bucharest on 25 August
reported that Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn will initiate a
"governmental level" meeting in an attempt to dissuade Romanian
President Ion Iliescu from implementing a recently-passed, controversial
education law. Horn also said he wanted to talk with Slovak Premier
Vladimir Meciar on Slovakia's new language law and said he had already
initiated talks with Belgrade on the resettling of Serb refugees in
Vojvodina. Horn considers the measure as "modifying the province's
ethnic balance." The Hungarian premier also said Budapest will not
introduce visa requirements for citizens from neighboring countries but
will take other measures to prevent criminal elements from entering
Hungarian territory. -- Michael Shafir, OMRI, Inc.
[As of 12:00 CET]
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date=8/24/95
type=correspondent report
number=2-184189
title=Hungary/Serbia (l only)
byline=Stefan Bos
dateline=Budapest
content=
voiced at:
Intro: Hungary has accused Serbian authorities of participating
in the ethnic cleansing of Hungarians living in Serbia. As
Stefan Bos reports from Budapest, a senior Hungarian official
has expressed concern about the situation in one particular
border area.
Text: Foreign minister Laszlo Kovacs says there are increasing
tensions between an estimated 90-thousand Croatian Serb refugees
and the Hungarian community in the Serbian region of Vojvodina.
An estimated 450-thousand ethnic Hungarians and other minorities
live in this area.
In an interview with VoA, Mr. Kovacs said that Serbian
authorities are conducting a campaign of ethnic cleansing.
///Act.///
We have information that some Serbian parties have
encouraged the Serbian refugees to come to the Vojvodina
region. So, I think that partly the Serbian authorities
and partly the Serbian refugees are responsible for the
situation we are in right now.
///End act///
Serbian authorities have denied those accusations and say instead
that Hungary is intervening in Serbia's internal affairs.
Foreign minister Kovacs says, however, that he has enough
evidence that refugees, who fled the recent Croatian offensive in
the Krajina region are being encouraged to forcefully change the
ethnic composition of Vojvodina.
///Act.///
The refugees who came from the Krajina region used their weapons.
And even some paramilitary units came. They simply entered the
houses of Hungarians and ordered them to leave their house. They
threatened them with their weapons.
///End act///
Mr. Kovacs, who is also the current chairman of the Organization
of Security and Cooperation in Europe, says he has asked his
organization and the Council of Europe to intervene. He says
he would like to invite representatives of these organizations to
an international conference on the former Yugoslavia, which
Hungary plans to host later this year.
Meanwhile, Mr. Kovacs says his government has already sent a
formal protest to Belgrade about the situation in Vojvodina.
///Act.///
We condemn any kind of ethnic cleansing and we also condemn the
change of the ethnic composition that has been formed through the
centuries.
///End act///
Representatives of Hungarians living in Serbia held talks with
Mr. Kovacs on Wednesday and said they feared Serbian authorities
would not listen to any admonishments from Budapest.
Foreign minister Kovacs says his government fears that many
ethnic Hungarians might flee the Vojvodina region and he says
that Hungary does not have the financial resources to cope with
any such crisis. (Signed)
neb/sp
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N E W S L E T T E R
from the Daily Bulletin of the Hungarian News Agency MTI
distributed by the Department for Press and International Information
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Hungary
H-1394, Budapest P.O.B. 423.
Telephone: 36 (1) 156-8000
Telefax: 36 (1) 156-3801
No. 155 21 August 1995
Hungary Stops Gas Supply to Bosnia at U.N. Request
At the request of the United Nations Organization, Hungary
closed the pipeline carrying Russian gas to Bosnia on Thursday
evening.
The U.N. sanctions committee has found that the supplies
originally intended to aid Sarajevo reach only the Serbs. The measure
was initiated by the Bosnian government itself, because it suspected
the pipeline going across Serbia was being tapped somewhere. Hungary
met the request of the world organization, Foreign Minister Laszlo
Kovacs told on the evening newscast of Hungarian Television.
"Hungary is not in a position to consider the decision. We
began forwarding gas at the end of July 1993 also with the approval
of the U.N. sanctions committee, and now at the committee's request
we stopped the deliveries at 9.30 p.m. on Thursday," Kovacs said on
television.
* * *
Gal - Ethnic Hungarian and Domestic Minority Leaders
The Speaker of Hungarian Parliament, Zoltan Gal, on Saturday
hosted a reception on the occasion of August 20, the Hungarian state
holiday, for leaders of the Hungarian minorities beyond the borders,
and the minority local governments in Hungary.
"We do not recognize a double standard in the matter of the
minority issue. For us, it is alike important that the nationalities
living in Hungary feel at home here, in the knowledge of their
appropriate rights, and we also feel an inevitable responsibility for
our compatriots whose places of birth were carried by the storms of
history to within the borders of other countries," Gal stressed.
He called attention to the fact that alongside the results it
has attained in the minority issue, Hungary has still not become the
model for how to solve the problem.
"The parliamentary representation of minorities remains to be
solved, we cannot be satisfied with the state of education in the
languages of the minorities, the regular availability of Hungarian
newspapers and books in the neighbouring countries is not ensured,
nor are the Hungarian publications published there readily available
in Hungary, and the minority local governments are just taking their
first steps," he added.
"We cannot speak of modernization, economic consolidation and
European integration unless we find mutually satisfactory solutions
to the minority problems of our ethnically mixed region," the Speaker
noted. He added this task mainly implies responsibility for the
majority nations, as Hungary is well aware, and it hopes that this
will be recognized by others as well, as soon as possible.
According to MTI's information from the Prime Minister's
Office, representatives of the Hungarians beyond the borders, and the
minority organizations in Hungary, will be separately received by
President Arpad Goncz and Prime Minister Gyula Horn on Saturday
evening. The coalition deputy prime minister, Gabor Kuncze, Minister
of the Interior, will host a reception for the leaders on Sunday,
August 20.
* * *
August 20: Central Ceremony, President Goncz
Hungarian President Arpad Goncz was the speaker on Sunday at
the central ceremony on the Hungarian state holiday, August 20,
commemorating the founder of the Hungarian state, Saint King Stephen,
in the Buda Castle.
Also present were the Speaker of Parliament, Zoltan Gal,
members of the cabinet and representatives of Hungarians living
beyond the borders.
President Goncz appreciated the historical merits of the state-
founding Kind Stephen, and the vital importance of founding the state
from the point of view of integration into the community of European
nations. Discussing the still valid characteristics of King Saint
Stephen's profession of faith as ruler, Goncz said:
"The warning of Saint Stephen will continue to be valid both in
Hungary and in its vicinity: multilingualism gives strength to a
country. Our region is a mosaic of majority nations and minority
fragments, and it is the vital interest of all states here to protect
the self-identity of the national minorities living on their areas,
both with respect to private and public life. To ensure this is the
task and responsibility of the majority nation in Hungary, too, but
it is by far not its exclusive internal affair, as the means and
degree of this adapts to internationally approved standards. It is
also the common cause of the nations living in our region, the
guarantee of their indivisible security and mutual friendship, their
genuine peace that rests on understanding."
The president also discussed the most important tasks facing
the country, the tasks of modernization and integration into a
unified Europe. He said steps as, for instance, working out a long-
term industrial policy that increase industry's competitiveness, the
effective support of agriculture, which is struggling with serious
problems, the creation of health care that serves the benefit of
patients and those in need, and the introduction of a more effective
educational system, must be taken in order to restore economy.
Goncz specially stressed the need to implement the profound
reform of the state budget.
President Goncz said that fulfilling these goals demand
sacrifices from society.
"It is the obligation of the country's political leadership,
the government coalition, to accept the task of putting our country's
economic state in order, in a well-considered manner, based on social
consensus as regards the means of implementation. Not obstructing the
smooth, rational and least painful implementation of these goals is
the obligation of the opposition. It is the obligation of both sides
to carry out a free and continuous debate that keeps public interest
in mind, that involves the citizens in solving their own future, and
that eases social tensions," the president said.
* * *
August 20: Ceremony in Opusztaszer, Prime Minister
"Our nation is again at a turning point, whether we shall come
abreast of the community of advanced European nations, or shall
hopelessly fall behind them," Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn
said on Sunday in Opusztaszer (Hungary), in the National Historical
Memorial Park, at a ceremony held to mark the Hungarian state holiday
commemorating the founder of the Hungarian state, King Saint Stephen.
"At the threshold of a new century, our present is extremely
difficult, and the resolution of our problems is frequently hindered
by the lack of understanding," he added.
Discussing the tasks facing the country, Horn said:
"We must put our economy, our society and legal system in
order, so that people be able to live amidst calculable conditions.
We want a country that is capable of operating. The government has
never denied this will be accompanied by sacrifices, it could not
have promised immediate prosperity, as it knew that is impossible.
However, the load-bearing capability of the nation also determines
the degree of sacrifices, and taking this into consideration is not
only in the interest of the government and the parties, but also of
Europe. Unmanageable welfare tensions in this region are just as
explosive as nationality conflicts.
"The settling of our finances is only a part of our economic
policy. The full governmental intention is aimed at a lasting
economic recovery, the significant moderation of unemployment, and to
restore the honour of work and the meaning of enterprise. The three-
year economic policy programme of the government, the plans for
modernization open up prospects for the country," the prime minister
said.
"Reconciliation with the neighbouring peoples is our historical
task," Prime Minister Horn said.
"We would like to conclude basic treaties with them not because
we are ordered to do so by some European or non-European state. The
lessons of history have issued the order: only a mother nation that
is prosperous and that does not forget the minorities can provide
assistance to Hungarians living beyond the borders by creating unity
and a well-operating economy at home, and offering a friendly hand to
those peoples with whom the Hungarian minorities coexist beyond the
borders. We wish to have a good relation with both the Serbs and the
Croats, and we profoundly regret the senseless bloodshed.
"Hungary wishes to steer clear of the war. This does not mean
we shall sit idly by, as we have frequently indicated that we are
ready for political and diplomatic initiatives in order to end the
war. The interests of our country and the Hungarians in the
neighbouring countries demand that we not commit ourselves to the
warring sides. Hungary takes a stand for universal peace, for ending
the futile destruction, and for agreement between the peoples of the
region.
"The fact that we feel the support of the major nations offers
hope for us. The majority of the European Union member states
supports our membership in integration around the turn of the
century," Prime Minister Gyula Horn said.
He added that recognition from the leaders of the United
States, their readiness to help inspires confidence in the Hungarian
government.
* * *
Opusztaszer Ceremony - Horn Meets the Press
As was reported, Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn delivered
a speech at the state ceremony marking the Hungarian state holiday,
August 20, in Opusztaszer (C Hungary), in the National Historical
Memorial Park.
After the speech, the prime minister visited the tents of the
political parties participating in the event, then met
representatives of the press.
Answering questions, Horn said the Hungarian government had
already issued a position regarding the settlement of Krajina Serbs
in Vojvodina, and against the forcible home confiscations. The
government considers all that is taking place in Vojvodina to be
unacceptable.
If possible, talks should be held within separate government
frameworks with the Serbs, in order to end the forced actions, Horn
said, and voiced the hope that no further conflicts will come about
between the Serbs and the Croats.
As regards his meeting initiated with the opposition
parliamentary parties, Horn said he expect these to result in
understanding in the common affairs. The state of the country does
not permit bickering, he added.
Horn said he accepts the proposal to hold a six-party
coordination after the separate meetings with the opposition parties,
hopefully before the autumn session of Parliament opens.
* * *
August 20: HSP Forum in Budapest, Horn
Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn will put forward a proposal
next week, to more powerfully enforce the equal and proportionate
sharing of taxes and social insurance rates.
Horn, who is also chairman of the Hungarian Socialist Party
(HSP), the senior party of the government coalition, was speaking at
a political forum organized by the HSP in Budapest's Margaret Island
on Sunday.
The prime minister did not provide details about his proposal,
but said he continues to consider the introduction of property tax to
be important.
Horn also discussed his concepts relating to a cabinet re-
shuffle. He confirmed he wishes to implement the necessary changes by
the end of the September. He considers setting up the post of deputy
prime minister in charge of economic affairs to be necessary, and
this is one of the topics he wishes to discuss during the meeting
with the coalition partner, the Alliance of Free Democrats (AFD),
scheduled for Monday, and with the opposition politicians during next
week.
The prime minister confirmed that Sandor Nagy, president of the
National Confederation of Hungarian Trade Unions (NCHTU) is one of
the candidates for the new post. Horn indicated that the constitution
will have to be amended to create the post, and he considers the
appointment of a person dealing with economic affairs to the
government important even if he fails to win the support of the
parties for the amendment.
Horn said the appointment of a deputy prime minister in charge
of economic affairs will not reduce the role of Minister of Finance
Lajos Bokros, as he will continue to have important tasks at the head
of the economic cabinet.
Discussing foreign affairs, Horn announced the Hungarian
government wishes to negotiate with the Serbian leaders about ending
the settlements into, and the relocations from Vojvodina.
In answer to another question, he said the Hungarian government
has not, and will not remain silent regarding the Romanian education
law. However, the relation between the two countries cannot be
strained interminably.
As regards Hungary's debt stock, the prime minister said the
West should take steps to assist the countries of the Central and
Eastern European region. He said the initiatives should be made from
abroad.
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from the Daily Bulletin of the Hungarian News Agency MTI
distributed by the Department for Press and International Information
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Hungary
H-1394, Budapest P.O.B. 423.
Telephone: 36 (1) 156-8000
Telefax: 36 (1) 156-3801
No. 156 22 August 1995
Hungarian Austrian Agreement to Ease Border Traffic
Several months of intensive talks have ended with the
agreements that Hungarian Interior Minister Gabor Kuncze and his
Austrian counterpart Caspar Einem signed on the easing of border
traffic, in Morbischen, Austria, on Monday.
The two ministers later told reporters that the new accords
would allow citizens of both countries to cross the border more
quickly on the separate lanes set up for them at the Hegyeshalom-
Nickelsdorf frontier post. The agreement on creating such lanes
modifies a 1993 agreement, to take account of the new circumstances
arising from Austria's joining the European Union and signing the
Schengen agreement.
Border controls will be carried out in six lanes, with separate
lanes reserved for citizens of EU countries, Hungarian nationals and
all those for whom there is no visa requirement in either Austria or
Hungary, or are citizens of third countries.
Another document signed on Monday will open the shortest road
between the Austrian villages of Morbisch and Siegendorf, which
crosses the border into Hungary at four points, to Hungarian and
Austrian citizens and to people who need no visa to enter either
country. (It is intended for use by pedestrians and cyclists, and
tractors and other farm machinery may also use it.)
In future, the passports of railway passengers will be checked
while the train is moving.
The two ministers exchanged notes, extending the right to use
border crossing points, previously open only to Hungarians and
Austrians, to all EU citizens, and opening the border crossing point
between Pamhagen and Fertod for farm machinery as well.
* * *
>From a Conflict to Peaceful Coexistence - Seminar at Szeged
A war can be waged without involving citizens and residents but
peace cannot be created without their cooperation. Once the fighting
ends, a new society must be built where people live in peace side by
side, and their peace depends on their will, said Istvan Gyarmati,
representative of the chairman-in-office of the Conference for
Security and Cooperation in Europe when he addressed the opening
ceremony at an international seminar in Szeged, southern Hungary
today.
Over 40 people from peace movements and groups in 15 countries
are meeting to discuss tolerance and peaceful coexistence.
In connection with the war in the former Yugoslavia, he said
that conclusion of the war was a precondition to any settlement, but
with the conclusion of fighting, conflicts will not be solved.
Many difficult tasks need to be done: establishment of a
Bosnian state, resettlement of Croat-Serb, Croat-Serb-Bosnian
relations, elimination of weapon stockpiles in the region and the
settlement of minorities status on the basis of European norms.
These are tasks whose solution, even if the war ended tomorrow,
could last years or even decades, he said. Gunnar Lassinantti,
international secretary in charge of the Stockholm-based Olof Palme
International Centre supporting the seminar, called for an end to the
over four-year war. He said negotiations and peaceful solutions were
needed, and it was important that peaceful and honest people get the
world's support. He paid tribute to efforts by Hungary for creating
peace in the region.
The conference affects three countries: the delegates will also
meet in Timisoara and Subotica. If they can, they will visit Vukovar
to gain first-hand experience.
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from the Daily Bulletin of the Hungarian News Agency MTI
distributed by the Department for Press and International Information
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Hungary
H-1394, Budapest P.O.B. 423.
Telephone: 36 (1) 156-8000
Telefax: 36 (1) 156-3801
No. 157 23 August 1995
Foreign Ministry State Secretary to Visit Africa
Ferenc Somogyi, administrative State Secretary at the Hungarian
Foreign Ministry, will pay an official visit to the Republic of South
Africa from August 28 to September 3, and he will have talks in
Nigeria on September 4-5.
Somogyi's discussions will concentrate on the development of
economic relations, the Foreign Ministry told MTI on Tuesday.
* * *
Crossing the Hungarian-Austrian Border Eased
"The technical conditions exist for Hungarians, citizens of
European Union states and third countries to use separate lanes to
cross into Austria not only at Hegyeshalom, but also at Rabafuzes,
Sopron, Kophaza and Koszeg," Lieutenant-Colonel Jozsef Komuves,
deputy spokesman for the Hungarian Border Guards, told MTI on
Tuesday.
As we reported, the Hungarian and Austrian interior ministers
signed agreements on easing and accelerating border traffic, in
Austria on Monday.
For the time being, however, travelers will be separated in
accordance with the passport they are carrying only at Hegyeshalom:
from September 1, for outgoing traffic, and for incoming traffic as
well, two months later, the deputy spokesman said.
Although the new system cannot be introduced at Bozsok,
Szentpeterfa and Fertod, more than 90 per cent of transit traffic,
which causes the biggest delays, goes through Hegyeshalom, Komuves
added.
* * *
Premier Horn to Meet Opposition Leaders
As reported earlier, Prime Minister Gyula Horn has asked to
meet the chairmen and the heads of the parliamentary groups of the
four parliamentary opposition parties, the Hungarian Democratic
Forum, the Christian Democratic People's Party, the Independent
Smallholders" Party and the Federation of Young Democrats - Hungarian
Civic Party.
Horn will meet the heads of the Hungarian Democratic Forum and
the Christian Democratic People's Party on Wednesday, and on Friday
the leaders of the Independent Smallholders Party and the Young
Democrats.
Democratic Forum President Lajos Fur told MTI today he would
not attend the meeting because the topics for discussion chosen by
the prime minister - such as the autumn timetable of legislation, and
topical constitutional questions, are the responsibility of the
parliamentary leader and his deputy. Therefore, on Wednesday, the
Hungarian Democratic Forum will be represented by Ivan Szabo, leader
of the party's parliamentary group and his deputy Imre Konya.
Fur added that the Democratic Forum had proposed last week a
discussion on the planned reduction of the armed forces, the present
state of law and order and the police, plans for privatizing the
energy industry, and the media. However, no response came from either
the prime minister or his colleagues, he said.
Konya said his party did not expect any substantive result from
the meeting, but he hoped they could draw Horn's attention to the
most pressing problems such as law and order and the financial
difficulties of the police.
The Christian Democrats will be represented at Wednesday's
meeting by executive chairman Tibor Fuzessy and Tamas Isepy, leader
of the party's parliamentary group.
The Christian Democrats would also like to discuss the
privatization of the energy sector and to have a review of the bill
on radio and television based on the former six-party agreement.
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Hungarian-Romanian Civil Forum in Szeged
The Hungarian-Romanian Friendship Society, based in Pecs,
southwestern Hungary, will organize the 3rd Hungarian-Romanian Civil
Forum entitled "Side by Side in Friendship" in Szeged, southeastern
Hungary, at the weekend.
The topic of the three-day meeting, starting on Friday,
includes the motives behind and means of strengthening the friendship
between the two countries.
Peter Kimpian, chairman of the organizing committee, told a
press conference in Szeged today, that some 60-70 Romanian and
Hungarian members of the society will attend.
They will try to provide an answer to such questions as "how
can Hungary and Romania become good neighbours?" and "how can the two
peoples live in friendship, side by side, in the two countries?"
They will also discuss what the society's members can do to
promote good neighbourly ties, and what means and forms of popular
diplomacy should be employed in their work.
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