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Date: 21 Nov 1992 12:31:22 -0600
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Subject: Turkey proposes conference to discuss Bosnia-Herzegovina

From: clarinews@clarinet.com (SEVA ULMAN)

Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 10:57:00 PST

        ANKARA, Turkey (UPI) -- Turkey has invited several countries in the
Balkans to a regional conference to discuss the situation in Bosnia-
Herzegovina, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.
        Ankara took the initiative after expressing dissatisfaction with the
resolution passed in the U.N. Security Council Monday authorizing an
international naval blockade to enforce economic sanctions on Serbia and
Montenegro, or ``little Yugoslavia.''
        Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Filiz Dincer said the resolution,
prepared by Belgium, the United States and Britain, ``was far from
satisfactory.''
        She said Turkey has invited the Balkan states, including Bulgaria,
Romania, Albania and Greece, to attend a conference in Istanbul Nov. 25
to discuss the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
        ``There are two dimensions to this problem,'' Dincer said. ``One is
to immediately stop the bloodshed in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the other
is the fear that the conflict might spread to other regions.''
        Earlier, the Foreign Ministry expressed fears the fighting in former
Yugoslavia may spread to Kosovo, where ethnic Albanian Muslims are
seeking to break away from Serbia.
        Dincer said Ankara would try ``to keep up the momentum'' of efforts
to end the fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and would use all the means
at its disposal to get the Security Council ``to pass a more efficient
resolution.''
        Efforts would also be made to stop Serbia from making aggressive
moves against its neighbors, she said.
        Ankara has invited Hungary and Austria to attend the Balkans
conference. Though these two countries are not strictly Balkan states,
``they would be most affected in case the conflict spreads,'' Dincer
said.
        Other states invited included the former Yugoslav republics of
Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
        In Athens, government spokesman Vassilis Magginas said Greece would
not attend the Istanbul conference.
        ``Initiatives have already been taken by the United Nations and the
European Community to confront the problems which have arisen due to the
break-up of Yugoslavia,'' he said.
        ``The Geneva conference is continuing its sessions, and French
Foreign Minister Roland Dumas has additionally proposed to the European
Community a meeting of Community representatives on the same issue,''
Magginas said.
        For the past few months, Athens has blocked E.C. recognition of
Macedonia if it continued to use the name ``Macedonia'' internationally.
Political analysts said Greece could not attend a conference where the
breakaway state attended under that name.
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