Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 1992 10:12:46 EST
From: <IO20905@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria
Subject: RFE/RL report for 19 Nov

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                      RFE/RL Daily Report

                                         No. 223, November 19, 1992

BULGARIA TO HALT OIL EXPORT TO FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLICS. On 18
November Bulgaria banned export of petroleum products to all
former Yugoslav republics, Reuters reports. While Bulgarian trade
officials said a ban appeared to be the only way of effectively
enforcing the tightened UN embargo, the government may also be
seeking to limit the damage done by widespread violations on the
Bulgarian economy. The chairman of the national petroleum company
told Western agencies that many Bulgarian gas stations can no
longer be supplied due to the disappearance of some 1,000 railway
cars in ex-Yugoslavia after delivering oil. Like Romania, Bulgaria
has asked the UN for technical assistance to impose a naval
blockade on the Danube. (Kjell Engelbrekt, RFE/RL Inc.)

EC CALLS ON BULGARIA TO ACCEPT ASSOCIATION DEAL. Top EC officials
visiting Sofia on 17November called on Bulgaria to accept the
proposed association deal and finalize an agreement by the end of
1992. Reuters quoted the head of the EC Commissions Foreign
Affairs Directorate, Pablo Benavides, as saying that EC
negotiators do not have much room to maneuver and that Bulgaria
should consider dropping demands for greater trade access. The
Bulgarian government is requesting bigger trade quotas for
textiles, steel, and agricultural products. (Kjell Engelbrekt,
RFE/RL Inc.)

[As of 1200 CET]

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