Friday, 26 May 1995
Volume 2, Issue 102

REGIONAL NEWS
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**UN DOLES 1995 AID FOR REFUGEES IN HUNGAY**
  The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and
  the government of Hungary will sign an agreement today to
  continue in 1995 their joint program of assistance to refugees
  from the former Yugoslavia.  Normally the funding agreement is
  signed at the beginning of each year.  But this year there was
  a disagreement between the government and the UNHCR on the
  reorientation of the program.  This year UNHCR will spend
  almost $2 million to assist refugees from the former
  Yugoslavia.  Part of that money will be spent through the
  ministry of interior, mainly to increase the monthly allowance
  benefits for refugees who are accomodated in private homes.
  The rest of the money will be funneled through various
  charities.  To encourage independence, the Hungarian
  government has started closing some refugee camps and
  resettling refugees in private homes.  Philippe Labreveux, the
  UNHCR representative for Hungary said he doesn't think the
  government plans to close any more of its camps.

  "The matter of the closure of the camps is a matter which has to
  be decided by the government.  The government has already
  closed two camps, Hajduszoboszlo, closed on January 1 and the
  second one, Csongrad will be closed on July 1.  Most of the
  refugees presently in Csongrad will be moved to Nagyatad. That
  leaves four out of six camps, the main ones being Nagyatad and
  Bicske."

  According to the Hungarian interior ministry, there are
  currently more than 6,000 registered refugees from the former
  Yugoslavia in Hungary. --Ella Veres   
  

**CENTRAL EUROPEAN PRESIDENT'S PREPARE FOR ELECTIONS** 
  Polish President Lech Walesa said east European countries
  aren't cooperating enough in their efforts to join NATO and
  the European Union.  Speaking at a news conference yesterday
  in Budapest after a meeting with his Hungarian counterpart,
  Arpad Goncz, Walesa said there should be more solidarity among
  former Soviet bloc nations because they can't "bear the burden
  of the accession process alone".  Walesa and Goncz yesterday
  also talked about politics, with Walesa telling one reporter
  there was no guarantee he'd win presidential elections
  scheduled for later this year.  Walesa has yet to announce
  whether he'll run, but on Wednesday he said early
  parliamentary elections will be needed after the presidential
  poll.  Goncz was more low key in talking about Hungary's
  presidential elections also due later this year.

  "I can tell you only one thing: I do my job and it's business as
  usual.  I am not doing any kind of campaign for my election.
  And I honestly hope that in the coming three weeks I'll find
  out whether I will have a rival.  But for this it is necessary
  that the Hungarian opposition parties finally agree on a
  candidate."

  Walesa will continue his visit today, laying a wreath at
  Budapest's Jozsef Bem monument.


  
BUSINESS NEWS
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**A MOST HONORABLE HUNGARIAN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN**
  The National Bank of Hungary issued Samurai bonds valued at 30
  billion yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday.  The bonds
  have a 12-year run and yield a 6 percent interest annually.
  National Bank Vice-President Frigyes Harshegyi said Hungarian
  bonds have been well-received on the Japanese market and this
  is the fourth Hungarian bond issued in Japan this year.
  Standard and Poor's Corp. said it assigned a double B plus
  (BB+) rating to Hungary's samurai bonds, which mature June 19,
  2007.  The rating agency said, however, the outlook for the
  Hungarian bank is negative.  Hungary's National Bank is also
  planning a large scale bond issue in Germany soon.

  
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date=5/25/95
type=correspondent report
number=2-179373
title= NATO Hungary (l only)
byline= Stefan Bos
dateline=Budapest
content=
voiced at:

// producers -- cut "four day" from first sentence of text //

Intro:  Several East European nations might become full members
of the NATO alliance as early as 1998, but apparently Russia is
not  one of them.  Stefan Bos reports the announcement was made
by the president of the North Atlantic Assembly, which meets
Saturday in Budapest in its first ever conference in a former
Warsaw Pact country.

Text:  Speaking at a news conference, the president of the North
Atlantic Assembly, Karsten Volgt, said the enlargement of the
NATO alliance will be a key issue during the meeting in Budapest.

Mr. Volgt says the meeting will be attended by parliamentarians
from over 30 countries, including 15 Central and East European
states that already have an observer status within NATO.

He says the fact that the North Atlantic Assembly is gathering
for the first time in a former Warsaw Pact country must be seen
as a sign to Hungary and Russia that the cold war is clearly
over.

 Mr. Volgt stressed that countries like Hungary and Poland might
become full NATO-members as early as 1998, but he ruled out such
a possibility for Russia in the foreseeable future.

                        /// Volgt act ///

         NATO is open for every country which is fully
         democratic, has implemented market reforms, has  no
         major minority conflicts, and is stable and has  no
         border conflicts.  I see that the decision whether to
         open Russia for NATO membership 1s for the time being a
         more theoretical. Question.  They will  not  be in the
         first round, and I foresee  not  even in the second
         round.

                         /// End act ///

But Hungarian government officials say Moscow is ready to accept
Hungary's entry into the NATO alliance.

The spokesman for the Hungarian foreign ministry, Gabor Szent
ivanyi, says this is a result of tough negotiations between the
Hungarian and Russian governments.

                       /// Ivanyi act ///

         We were told by the Russian leaders that Hungary's
         eventual NATO membership would  not  have a detrimental
         effect on Russian / Hungarian relations. That is a very
         positive and ecouraging sign.  And also it was very
         clearly indicated to the Russian leaders, and they
         accepted this argument, that it is Hungary's sovereign
         right to decide what kind of international organizations
         and alliances it wants to join.

                         /// End act ///

 Nato officials say that besides the enlargement issue, the role
of the defense alliance in Bosnia will also be discussed during
meeting in Budapest. (Signed)

neb/sb/mh/mmk

25-May-95 12:54 pm edt (1654 utc)
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source: Voice of America

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OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 102, 26 May 1995

WALESA IN HUNGARY. Polish President Lech Walesa, on a three-day official
visit to Hungary, met with Hungarian President Arpad Goencz, Prime
Minister Gyula Horn, Foreign Minister Laszlo Kovacs, and other
politicians on 25 May. Goencz and Walesa agreed to cooperate in their
efforts to join NATO and the European Union. "We see the world very
similarly," Goencz told reporters after his talks with Walesa. The
Polish president confirmed that the two countries had agreed to
coordinate their views and "support each other." In what appeared to be
indirect criticism of the Czech Republic's unwillingness to coordinate
its efforts to join NATO and the EU with Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia,
Walesa said that East European states are not cooperating enough in
their bids to join Western institutions. Walesa travels on 26 May to
Keszthely, on Lake Balaton, to participate in a meeting of eight Central
European presidents focusing on regional cooperation. -- Jiri Pehe,
OMRI, Inc.

[As of 12:00 CET]

Compiled by Jan Cleave

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