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MILS - NEWS                                   November 9, 1992

CALM RESTORED IN SKOPJE

Skopje. According to recent statements issued by the Macedonian
Foreign Affairs Ministry, calm has been restored in the
Macedonian capital, Skopje, after violence broke out a few days
ago.
The incident occurred on Friday, November 6, after 4.00pm, when
Macedonian policemen arrested Ali Sejdiu, 19, of Albanian
ethnicity, for illegal selling cigarettes in Skopje's market 
place (Bitpazar), an area renowned for blackmarket trading. The
police used force to apprehend Sedjiu, who afterwards complained
that he was injured. He was taken by the police to a local
clinic, where he was treated. The doctor on duty told him he had
not sustained any injury and was given a sedative. In the
meantime, rumours spread that a 14 year old Albanian boy had been
beaten to death by police. About 300 people gathered outside the
medical clinic. Thirty managed to gain entry and broke down doors
and windows. Very quickly the crowd grew to 3000, of which most
were of Albanian ethnicity. Violence broke out when the crowd
overturned a police van and attacked police officers inside it
who had come to pick up Sedjiu from the clinic and transport him
to the local police station. Two public transport buses and a
police car were also demolished by the crowd. Nearby shops had
their windows smashed and were looted. Police closed off the area
by blocking streets, and then used teargas to disperse the crowd,
which broke up into small groups. Around 6.00pm, rifle shots were
heard coming from the crowd. In some streets, barricades were
erected and from which the police where fired upon. Police were
also fired upon from nearby houses and apartments. In some
instances, the police returned the gunfire. Special units from
the Interior Ministry were called into action. Calm was restored
at about 3.00am.
The Secretary of PDP, the ethnic Albanian Party, Mithat Emini,
appealed a few times over the radio and television for calm,
logic, and urged ethnic Albanians to stop the disorder. He also
urged the police not to use their weapons.
A delegation of Albanians that took part in the riot tried to
meet with CSCE representatives in Skopje, but the CSCE refused
to see them. CSCE representatives did meet with the Macedonian
Minister for the Interior, Ljubomir Frckovski, and the Mithat
Emini.
Four people were killed during the riot: Sulejman Memis, 22,
Safet Sejfulai, 32, Ibraimi Semsedin, 38, and Viktorija Gesovska,
63. Fourteen ethnic Albanians were injured, of which seven
sustained serious injury. Fifteen police officers were seriously 
injured. According to police, 87 people were arrested after the
riot. There is an indication that seven people organised the
riot.
A police investigation is under way.  All political institutions
in the republic are working to discover the causes of the riot. 

GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER: MACEDONIA ENTITLED TO UN MEMBERSHIP

Skopje.  The German Foreign Minister, Klaus Kinkel, during a
meeting in Bonn with Macedonian Foreign Minister, Denko Maleski,
said Macedonia was entitled to membership of the United Nations
and other international organisations.
Kinkel said Macedonia should be politically and economically
integrated into the international community.
Maleski said that Macedonia would soon open a Consulate-General
in Bonn, the German capital.
The Macedonian Foreign Minister will soon meet Assistant
Secretary of State of the United States, Lawrence Eagleburger,
and UN Secretary General, Boutros Boutros Ghali, in the Swiss
city of Geneva.

MITSOTAKIS' GERMAN VISIT "COINCIDENCE"

Skopje. A Greek government spokesman described his Prime
Minister's visit to Bonn, which was at the same time that Maleski
was there, as an "unfortunate coincidence that had no
significance."
The Greek PM, Constantine Mitsotakis, was in Bonn for talks with
German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl. After the talks, Mitsotakis said
there was pressure being placed on his government to soften its
opposition to recognition of Macedonia.
Mitsotakis also said that in Germany and in Italy he was told:
"Macedonia's name could no longer be used as a reason for not
recognising the republic; and that Greece had to show new
arguments as to why Macedonia could not be recognised."
The Greek newspaper "Elefterotipia" claimed in an editorial that
"Germany's return to world prominence had some bearing on the
Balkan region." The Greek socialist newspaper, "Tea Nea," claimed
Germany has discarded the Lisbon Declaration and has baptised
Skopje (Greek euphemism for the Republic of Macedonia) as
Macedonia.
Another Greek paper, "Elefteros Tipos," writes: "Athens has
recently changed its tactics and has warned its European partners
that if Skopje is recognised under the name of Macedonia, Greece
cannot under any circumstances guarantee the borders of that
state."
In the meantime, Mitsotakis will meet in Athens with the leaders
of the European right wing parties. He will also meet with French
President, Franois Mitterand, British Prime Minister, John
Major, and Danish Foreign Minister, Eleman Janssen.
According to Manginas, Greece has spent a lot of money informing
the world press about its position on the Macedonian question.
Advertisements, feature articles, and editorials have largely
been paid for by donations from private companies.
Agency France Press has reported that one advertisement, titled
Greece: land of the Gods," has been paid 70% by money from the 
European Community."

SAMSAMARAS MAKES GREECE A LAUGHING STOCK: GREEK LEFT

Skopje. The former Greek Foreign Minister, Andonis Samaras, had
made Greece a laughing stock because of his tough stand on
Macedonia, according to one of the leaders of the Greek Coalition
of Leftists and Progressive Forces.
Leonidas Kirkos told a correspondent for "Nova Makedonija"
newspaper that "the people who live in Macedonia had the right
to use that name because it was part of their heritage, history;
Samaras' had gone against the resolutions and decisions made by
the CSCE (Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe)."
The Coalition of Leftists and Progressive Forces holds 20 seats
in the 300 seat Greek Parliament.

RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MACEDONIA

Skopje.  The Russian Foreign Minister, Andrei Kozirev, said that
"if Macedonia was accepted into the UN and CSCE, it would receive
guarantees of protection offered by these two organisations."
(End)