Yugoslav crisis deepens
NZPA-Reuter Belgrade Yugolavia’s biggest republic, Serbia, deepened its row with its rival, Slovenia, at the week-end, accusing it of violating human rights and wanting to break up Yugoslavia. The Serbian Communist Party’s Central Committee, in a session on Saturday, backed calls for the suspension of political and economic ties with Slovenia, Belgrade newspapers reported. 1
“The open separatist policy of the leadership of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia could no longer be ignored in silence,” the party secretary, Milomir Minic, was quoted as saying by the “Vecernje Novosti” daily. The row began after Slovenian authorities banned a planned Serbian protest rally in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana on December 1 on the ques-
tion of ethnic Albanian separatists. Mr Minic said the ban represented the “most brutal act against freedom and the rights of citizens.” Slovenia says Serbia is interfering in its internal affairs. The bitter quarrels are seriously threatening the reforms of the Prime Minister, Ante Markovic, to overcome an economic crisis, highlighted by almost 2000 per cent annual inflation.
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