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DATE=1/31/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=U-S / MONTENEGRO (L-ONLY)
NUMBER=2-258646
BYLINE=KYLE KING
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:   The United States is providing more aid for 
democratic reforms in Montenegro, and is vowing to 
stand by the tiny republic in the event of military 
action by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.  From 
the State Department, V-O-A's Kyle King reports.
TEXT:  Montenegro's Prime Minister Filip Vujanovic and 
the director of the U-S Agency for International 
Development [U-S A-I-D] signed a seven-million-dollar 
grant agreement in Washington Monday.
The funds are the final installment of last year's 44-
million-dollar U-S aid package.  The money is to be 
used to support democratic institutions in the tiny 
republic, which together with Serbia, makes up what 
remains of the Yugoslav federation.
Speaking to reporters at the U-S A-I-D office in 
Washington, Prime Minister Vujanovic said the funds 
open a new phase of cooperation with the United States 
and are important for building a civil society.
   /// VUJANOVIC LANGUAGE ACT, FADES UNDER ///
Mr. Vujanovic says the U-S aid program is also 
important because it shows the United States accepts 
Montenegro as a partner.  The United States has 
pledged an additional 37-million dollars this year.
Montenegro's pro-Western policies have angered the 
more powerful Yugoslav government in Belgrade, which 
accuses Montenegro's leaders of undermining the 
Yugoslav federation
// OPT //  Last week, a Yugoslav court ordered 
Montenegro to stop using the German mark as its 
official currency.  Montenegro's government took that 
action last November to protect its economy from the 
effects of high inflation in Serbia, the other 
remaining Yugoslav republic.  // END OPT //
The United States has repeatedly expressed concern 
that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic may try to 
oust Montenegro's pro-western leaders.
U-S Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs 
Thomas Pickering told reporters in Albania Monday that 
the United States will stand firm against any military 
action by Milosevic.
Yugoslav army troops in Montenegro are controlled by 
Mr. Milosevic.  Montenegro's pro-Western government 
controls the police.   (Signed)
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31-Jan-2000 16:32 PM EDT (31-Jan-2000 2132 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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