European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a the stars and stripes sunday june 7, 1992sarajevo Airport opening to get Aid Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr in a rare sign of easing tensions ethnic leaders have agreed to allow the opening of the Airport in this War wracked capita for the delivery of humanitarian Aid. The Mountain ringed City in the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina is running Low on food and Medicine. Many neighbourhoods also Lack electricity and water three months after Bosnia voted to break from Yugoslavia. Quot there is an agreement on the Airport and on humanitarian assistance Quot . Spokesman Francois Giuliani told reporters in new York on Friday. The pact resulted from three Days of . Negotiations. In another development Britain sent about 250 troops to Slovenia on saturday to provide medical support to the . Peacekeeping Force. The contingent including 150 ambulance personnel departed from Raf Brize Norton in a .-chartered Jet for the slovenian City of Maibor before travelling Overland to the croatian capital of Zagreb. Six British doctors four nurses and 60 combat medics Are armed for self defense according to the ministry of defense. Their backups include engineers and mechanics. Security Council president Paul notch Dame said croatian serbian and . Representatives also had agreed to evacuate armed forces from around the Airport. He expressed concern about the accords Success but added Quot we Are Giuliani said the agreement called for anti aircraft systems to be withdrawn from around the Airport and for artillery mortars and missile launchers to be guarded at depots by . Personnel. The world body imposed an embargo and other sanctions on serbian led Yugoslavia one week ago to pressure the country to Stop supporting serbs fighting in Bosnia. In another act of conciliation Muslim fighters on Friday lifted a monthlong blockade of the marshal Tito army Barracks in Sarajevo and allowed 800 yugoslav soldiers and their families to leave. . Officials in Sarajevo called the withdrawal a major breakthrough. A we can now Start talking business with the two sides a said Adnan Abdel Razak a . Spokesman. But As if to underline that Progress toward peace is tenuous Bright Orange flashes streaked through the evening sky Friday when serbian irregulars resumed shelling Sarajevo from their Hillside positions. Although the yugoslav army officially is in Retreat an estimated 80,000 of its troops plan to remain behind to join serbian irregulars with whom they have captured about two thirds of Bosnia a territory. After their release from the Barracks the yugoslav soldiers headed for a serbian controlled area on the Southwest Edge of the City in four convoys flanked by . Armoured personnel carriers and Blue bosnian police critic Gorbachev loses his Limo Moscow a former president Mikhail s. Gorbachev has been deprived of his luxurious limousine a week after he publicly criticized president Boris Yeltsin a economic reforms an aide said saturday. Gorbachev a Black Zil was taken away and replaced with a Volga Sedan the boxy car that is. Issued to rank and file bureaucrats said aide and translator Pavel pal a Schenko. The newspaper Moskovsky Koms molets which carried the first report on Gorbachev a Volga commented that the former president might soon be peddling to work. Quot there is cause for concern a couple More interviews and the president of the . Will have to take a Bike a the newspaper said. It was not immediately known who stripped Gorbachev of his luxury car. Spokesmen for Yeltsin could not be reached by Telephone on saturday morning. But the Media speculated that the change was in retaliation for a critical newspaper interview by Gorbachev. Moskovsky Koms molets said Gorbachev a staff did not know who ordered the change in cars but a was astonished by the coincidence of taking away the car right after Gorbachev had Given an interview to the daily Komsomol Skaya pravda criticizing the russian government economic Gorbachev slammed Yeltsin a reforms As reckless and secretive. Yeltsin angrily responded that Gorbachev has promised to stay out of politics and had failed to keep his word. After resigning As soviet president Gorbachev was Given a monthly pension of 4,000 rubles $40a City apartment a country House and a Zil the Ultra Lulu Nous limousine that is issued Only to the top leadership. He also has earned Money from the sales of his books in the West. Palaz Schenko said Gorbachev arrived at work thursday in the Volga. A there is nothing 1 can say about it. The fact Speaks for Gorbachev said nothing about the change in prestige Palaz Schenko traffic protest a about 200 people a some wearing traditional bavarian attire with Gas masks a protest increased traffic at Kicfer Selden Germany on the austrian Border Friday. The Border crossing is one of the main gateways through Austria to Italy and heavy usage is expected during this vacation s Fate in voters hands Prague Czechoslovakia apr czechs and slovaks on saturday wrapped up a two Day election that could decide whether their country will pursue Swift economic Reform under a stable government or Divide. Turnout was reportedly brisk Friday. Some 53 percent of the electorate voted in Slovakia the first Day and at least 45 percent had cast ballots in Prague the czech and Federal capital television and the state news Agency Csuk reported. Polls were to close at 2 . Saturday and Early predictions of the results were expected soon after. At stake were 200 seats in the czech regional parliament and 150 places in Slovakia a regional legislature. Voters also chose 300 deputies in the bicameral Federal parliament which will decide whether president Vaclav Havel retains his Post. Havel Leader of the peaceful 1989 revolution against communism warned repeatedly before the election against the dangers of Czechoslovakia a splitting apart. . Copter planned Moscow a russian and american companies have reached an agreement to produce a new military attack helicopter that will be outfitted with advanced Western technology a russian newspaper reported Friday. The Ka-50 will be built in Russia by Khamov co. But upgraded in the United states by group vector with new weapons radio and navigational systems la Vestia said without providing attribution. It said the anti tank helicopter could Fly 185 Miles per hour and would be designed for Low Altitude Fly ing. It said the . Equipment would make the helicopter More attractive to Western buyers. Izvestia also said the russian army expects to receive delivery of the first Ka-50 by the end of this year. The newspaper did not say whether the russian army would get the upgraded versions. In Washington a Pentagon official speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed that vector had obtained a . Commerce department License to import russian helicopters and refurbish them in Florida. But the official had no further details. Official vote count shows Ramos leading philippine presidential race Manila Philippines up a Fidel Ramos inched closer to being proclaimed the next president of the Philippines grabbing the Lead saturday from Miriam defensor Santiago in an official congressional count of the votes cast last month. Ramos who is president Corazon Aquino a favored successor garnered 2,444,459 votes against Santiago a 2,393,932 with 49.74 percent of the estimated 25 million votes cast in the May 11 balloting. Tycoon Eduardo Cojuangco a protege of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was in third place with 1,854,272 votes in the seven candidate contest. Ramos 64, won Over Santiago by nearly a million votes in an unofficial but authorized tally last month. The official count was expected to confirm Ramos Victory but the tally has been delayed because of disagreements Between a 14-member congressional committee counting the votes and legislators aligned with some losing presidential candidates. The committee said it expects to finish the count by june 15. Aquino a term ends june 30
