NEWS:VOICE of AMERICA
Remzi CIRIT
Date=2/19/94
Type=Correspondent Report
Number=2-153733
Title=Bosnia / Russians (S Update)
Byline=Jolyon Naegele
Dateline=Vienna
Content=
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Intro: Russian Peacekeeping Troops Are On Their Way To Sarajevo
As Part Of A Russian-Negotiated Plan Aimed At Averting Nato Air
Strikes. V-O-A'S Jolyon Naegele Reports From Vienna.
Text: About 400 Russian U-N Peacekeeping Troops Set Off For
Sarajevo By Road Saturday From Their Base At Erdut In
Serb-Occupied Eastern Croatia.
A U-N Spokesman In Zagreb Says That Half The Russian Troops Are
Taking The 270 Kilometer Overland Route To Sarajevo While The
Other Half Are Driving 160 Kilometers To Belgrade'S Airport And
Flying From There To The Bosnian Capital.
He Says Some Of The Russian Peacekeepers May Arrive In Sarajevo
Before And Some After Nato'S Deadline Of One O'Clock Monday
Morning, Sarajevo Time, For The Withdrawal Of Heavy Weapons And
Mortars From The Bosnian Capital.
Unless The Bosnian Serbs Withdraw Their Weaponry To A Distance Of
At Least 20 Kilometers From Sarajevo By The Deadline, They Run
The Risk Of Nato Air Strikes.
In Prague, Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev Says The
United Nations Will Decide When The Russians Will Enter Sarajevo.
In His Words, We Are Not In Any Way Bound By The Nato Deadline.
Mr. Kozyrev Confirms The Russian Troops Will Be Under U-N
Command. (Signed)
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Date=2/19/94
Type=Correspondent Report
Number=2-153729
Title=Kozyrev / Bosnia (L Only)
Byline=Alena Kenclova
Dateline=Prague
Content=
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Intro: Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev Says Russian,
U-S, And German Leaders Have Been In Close Contact To Bring About
A New International Effort To End The War In Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Alena Kenclova In Prague Reports The Russian Official Spoke
During A Visit To The Czech Capital.
Text: Mr. Kozyrev Said The Russian-Sponsored Peace Initiative
Should Be Aimed At Strengthening The U-N Declared Security Zones
In Bosnia-Herzegovina And Subsequently Implementing The Peace
Plan Put Forward By The European Union.
Mr. Kozyrev Said All The Fighting Parties In Bosnia-Herzegovina
Should Withdraw Their Forces And Put Their Heavy Artillery Under
U-N Control. He Said That Once This Is Accomplished, The
International Community Should Undertake Political And
Diplomatic Efforts To Implement A Peaceful Solution.
The Russian Official Said The Solution Should Be Based More Or
Less On The European Union Peace Formula. He Said This Would
Preserve The Integrity Of Bosnia-Herzegovina By Creating Three
Entities Within It. He Said The Plan Is Very Close To Solution
And Therefore It Is Better To Stick To It Rather Than Start The
Negotiations All Over Again.
Mr. Kozyrev Told News Reporters He Was In Contact With U-S
Secretary Of State Warren Christopher While President Boris
Yeltsin Had Talked By Telephone With German Chancellor Helmut
Kohl And Other Leaders. He Said He Also Discussed The Peace
Moves With Czech Foreign Minister Jozef Zieleniec (Yoh-Zef
Zhel-Eh-Nyets) During Their Talks On Saturday.
Mr.Kozyrev Appeared Confident That There Would Be No Nato
Bombing Of Serb Positions. He Made His Remarks In Prague As 400
Russian Paratroopers Began Moving From Their Base In Croatia To
Join A U-N Force In Sarajevo. (Signed)
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Date=2/19/94
Type=Correspondent Report
Number=2-153736
Title=Saudi / Extremism (S Only)
Byline=Peyman Pejman
Dateline=Cairo
Content=
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Intro: Members Of One Of Saudi Arabia'S Richest Non-Royal
Families Issued A Statement Saturday Condemning A Family Member
Who Is Believed To Have Financed Several Muslim Extremist Groups
In The Middle East. Peyman Pejman Reports From Cairo.
Text: In The Statement Sent To Several Saudi Newspapers, The Bin
Laden Family Members Said They Want To Disassociate Themselves
From Osama Bin Laden.
Osama Bin Laden Is Believed To Be Living In Sudan And Is Said To
Have Been A Main Financial Backer Of The So-Called Afghan Arabs.
They Are Muslim Arabs Who Fought Alongside The Afghan Mujahedin
Against Soviet Forces In Afghanistan.
The Bin Laden Statement Was Signed By Bakr Mohamed Bin Laden,
Osama Bin Laden'S Brother. In Their Statement The Family Said
All Family Members -- Whose Number Exceeds 50 -- Would Like To
Express Their Regret, Denunciation, And Condemnation For All Acts
That Osama Bin Laden May Have Committed, Which, In Their Words,
We Do Not Condone And Which We Reject.
Osama Bin Laden Has Been Specially Mentioned In Connection With A
Group That Has Committed Several Acts Of Violence In Yemen. The
Bin Laden Family Comes Originally From The Southern Part Of
Yemen. Some Family Members Emigrated To Saudi Arabia Decades
Ago. (Signed)
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Date=2/19/94
Type=Correspondent Report
Number=2-153714
Title=Yugo / Rose (Alternate- S)
Byline=Mike Moravitz
Dateline=Washington
Content=
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Intro: The U-N Commander In Bosnia-Herzegovina, British General
Michael Rose, Says The Warring Parties Around Sarajevo Will
Comply With A Nato Ultimatum. Nato Has Threatened Air Strikes If
All Heavy Weapons Around The Bosnian Capital Are Not Withdrawn Or
Placed Under U-N Control At Designated Locations By Monday.
V-O-A'S Mike Moravitz Reports.
Text: In An Interview For U-S Public Television Late Friday,
General Rose Said He Believes Both The Bosnian Serbs And Muslims
Will Meet The Nato Deadline To Demilitarize Sarajevo.
The U-N Commander Said Bosnian Serbs Are Steadily Withdrawing
Weapons That Have Been Besieging The City.
/// Rose Actuality ///
There Has Been A Steady Move Of Weapons Out Of The
20-Kilometers Total Exclusion Zone And There Have Also
Been Quite A Number Of Weapons Coming Into The
Designated Locations. The Effect Will Be 100-Percent
Compliance Both With The United Nations Peace Plan And
With The Nato Ultimatum.
/// End Actuality ///
General Rose Said He Believes The Two Sides Will Withdraw Their
Weapons Or Place Them Under U-N Control By Sunday -- 24 Hours
Ahead Of The Nato Deadline.
But, The U-N Commander Warned Any Flagrant Breach Of The Nato
Ultimatum And U-N Peace Plan Will Result In Air Strikes.
General Rose Also Said He Has No Doubt Russian Troops Joining The
U-N Protection Force In Bosnia Will Be Neutral. Bosnia'S
Muslim-Led Government Has Expressed Concern The Russian Troops
May Be Partial To The Serbs. (Signed)
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