ACCESSION NUMBER:351832
FILE ID:POL302
DATE:07/06/94
TITLE:STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 (07/06/94)
TEXT:*94070602.POL
STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6
(Bosnia, Russia/crime, Turkey, North Korea) (690)
NEWS BRIEFING -- Deputy Spokesman Christine Shelly discussed the following
topics:
U.S. OUTLINES INCENTIVES FOR BOSNIAN PEACE PLAN ACCEPTANCE
Outlining incentives for the Bosniac-Croat Federation and the Bosnian Serbs
to accept a peace plan drawn up by the Contact Group of nations, Shelly
said that for the federation, these include international assistance with
settlement implementation and help with reconstruction.
If the Bosnian Serbs accept the plan and agree to withdraw to a total of 49
percent of Bosnian territory, the incentives would include suspension of
U.N. economic sanctions, the deputy spokesman said.
However, she said, if the Bosnian Serbs do not agree to the proposal, "they
can expect more international pressure," including the "vigorous"
enforcement of U.N. safe areas in Bosnia.
"At a last resort, a decision by the (U.N.) Security Council to lift the
arms embargo (against Bosnia), could become unavoidable," Shelly said.
"This would have consequences for the presence" of U.N. forces in Bosnia.
The foreign ministers of the Contact Group nations gave final approval to
the plan at a meeting in Geneva July 5, Shelly noted, and "The parties will
now have two weeks to consider the proposal, which preserves Bosnia as a
single union within the internationally recognized borders and provides for
constitutional arrangements that establishes a relationship between the
Bosniac-Croat Federation and the Bosnian Serb entity."
U.S. TO AID RUSSIAN CRIME-FIGHTING EFFORTS
The visit to Moscow of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Louis
1reeh is an expression of U.S. interest in working with Russia in
anti-crime efforts, Shelly said.
"Organized crime is certainly a very serious problem in Russia, as it is in
many other countries," the deputy spokesman said. "It's partially the
result of the breakup of the old authoritarian system before new laws and
enforcement mechanisms are in place." She noted that Russian President
Boris Yeltsin has made the fight against crime one of his top domestic
policy priorities.
Freeh signed an agreement July 5 for the FBI to cooperate with Russian
authorities in combating Russian-based organized crime.
At the request of the Russian government, Shelly said, the United States
helped establish rule-of-law programs in Russia. Started over a year ago,
these programs aim to help the Russians develop a legal and judicial
infrastructure which would protect human rights and the capacity to deal
with organized, economic and other types of crimes.
U.S. CONDEMNS MURDER OF TURKISH DIPLOMAT
Shelly said the United States "learned with regret of the assassination" of
a Turkish diplomat on July 4 in Athens. "We understand that the terrorist
group 'November 17' claimed credit for the murder. The United States
government condemns this brutal terrorist act," she said.
THIRD ROUND OF U.S.-NORTH KOREAN TALKS START JULY 8
The third round of U.S.-North Korean talks, which begin July 8 in Geneva,
will include "broad and thorough discussions" on security issues, including
North Korea's compliance with its international nonproliferation
commitments," Shelly said.
"We intend to talk about diplomatic and economic relations and North Korea's
stated desire to convert to light-water reactors," she said.
"Our overall objectives remain the same," the deputy spokesman said. "We
wish to uphold the global nonproliferation regime to ensure a Korean
Peninsula which is free of nuclear weapons and to support peace and
stability in Northeast Asia through a reduction of tensions on the
peninsula."
She emphasized that "resolution of the nuclear issue requires an unambiguous
commitment by North Korea to the Nonproliferation Treaty and full-scope
International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards" as well as implementation of
the 1991 North-South Denuclearization Declaration.
Noting that the United States has seen reports that North Koreans have been
arrested in Russia for trying to buy missile and nuclear weapons
technology, Shelly said "Certainly reports of that kind are of concern to
us. It is certainly our belief that the North Koreans have not been
successful in any endeavors...to try to obtain this type of technology and
nuclear capability."
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