TNAG-2625-FCO40-3816-Visit-by-Douglas-Hurd--Secretary-of-State-for-Foreign-and-Co-1992 — Page 142

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THE GOVERNOR:

THAT I WON'T BE APPOINTING EXCO IN 1998, MEMBERS OF EXCO BETWEEN NOW AND 1997.

FANNY WONG, (SCMP):

THE GOVERNOR:

THAN THREE.

JEREMY WAGSTAFF (REUTERS):

P.06/10

WHAT YOU CAN DEPEND ON 18 BE APPOINTING

BUT I WILL

SO BETWEEN NOW AND 199

LET'S BE FAIR - ONE RATHER

MR HURD, COULD YOU DESCRIBE FACTIONS, YOUR HOPES FOR THE MEETING TODAY IN LONDON, OF THE BOSNIAN GIVEN THE COMMENTS OF THE BOSNIAN PRESIDENT THAT IT WILL SIMPLY AS A REPORTER ON THE WAR RATHER THAN ANY SERIOUS PEACE NEGOTIATIONS?

FOREIGN SECRETARY:

SERVE

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WELL THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED IN BOSNIA:; ONE IS A CEASE-FIRE THAT WORKS AS OPPOSED ΤΟ A CEASE-FIRE THAT THE THREE LEADERS CONCERNED SIGN AND DOESN'T THE SECOND IS WORK; AND THE SECOND 18

THERE ARE THREE THINGS HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, WHICH COMES AND GOES BUT DOES TO A LIMITED EXTENT GET THROUGH; AND THE THIRD IS SOME PROSPECT OF A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT. AMBASSADOR AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LORD CARRINGTON'S EFFORTS AND

WE'VE CUTELEIRO'S EFFORTS. THIS IS A COUNTRY, BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA, RECOGNISED IT. THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY HAS RECOGNISED IT, MEMBER OF THE UN, WITHIN IT THERE ARE THREE POLITICAL COMMUNITIES; THEY HAVE ΤΟ FIND A WAY IN WHICH THỦY CAN LIVE TOGETHER ONCE FIGHTING HAS STOPPED, AND 1T WILL BE EASIER TO STOP THE FIGHTING

SO THAT THE THEY ARE SITTING DOWN AND ACTUALLY WORKING THAT OUT, WORRIES THAT BOSNIA IS GOING TO BE PARTITIONED BETWEEN SERBIA CROATIA DISAPPEAR AND IT IS SEEN THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE COUNTRY

THAT IS THREE POLITICAL COMMUNITIES LIVING TOGETHER IN IT. PURPOSE OF THE CONTINUOUS EFFORTS; WE HAVE TO GO ON MAKING THEM SHOW THEM A FORUM, A MEETING PLACE, WHERE THEY CAN DISCUSS THIS. NOT A LUXURY, IT'S A NECESSITY.

OUR SOURCES SAID

LAW YEE-PING (HK DAILY NEWS): REPRESENTATIVE MEETING WILL BE HELD IN LONDON WITHIN DAYS TO THE AIRPORT ISSUE, WILL YOU CONFIRM IT. OR DENY IT?

FOREIGN SECRETARY:

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ONCE

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WITH THE

TO

IT'S

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SENIOR

DISCUSS

NO, WHAT I AM CONFIRMING A MEETING OF THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE HERE IN HONG KONG ON 30TH JULY.

THE GOVERNOR:

FRANCIS MORIATY (METRO NEWS):

QUESTION:

IS

THE

THIS COMING THURSDAY.

IF WE COULD FACT THAT THERE 18

ADMISSION THAT

YUGOSLAVIA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, A TACIT COMMUNITY HAS FRANKLY FAILED IN FINDING A RESPONSE TO SOLVING THIS CIVIL WAR?

18

FOLLOW UP ON THE NOW TO BE AN THE EUROPEAN EFFECTIVE

AND COHESIVE

FOREIGN SECRETARY: THE EUROPEAN

IT

THEREFORE YUGOSLAVIA.

INSIDE

7

THE CIVIL WAR IS NOT

ANI FORMER YUGOSLAVIA INSIDE THE IT'S COMMUNITY,

THAN INSIDE THE ELSEWHERE

FORMER CAN'T BE SOLVED

OF IDRAS WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE IS PROVIDE A SET

RELATIONSHIPS, A FRAMEWORK IN WHICH THEY CAN DISCUSS THEIR FUTURE

AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN CALLING AND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO. THIS CONFERENCE IS FOLLOW THROUGH THE REMIT WHICH EXACTLY

WEEK AGO IN THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL, CONSULT AND WE SHOULD THEN BROADEN AND INTENSIFY THE PROCESS WHICH REMAINS THE CORE OF THE PEACEMAKING EFFORT, CONSULTED THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UN - I WENT THERE ON MONDAY AND WE ARE NOW CALLING THIS CONFERENCE.

WAS THAT

WORKED OUT WE SHOULD CARRINGTON

SO WE HAVE

SO THE PEACE PROCESS IS

BROADENING AND INTENSIFYING, AS WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO.

CARRIE CHAN (ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS): ISSUE SHOULD BE SEPARATED FROM ANY LEGISLATORS THAT THE AIRPORT ISSUE ELECTORAL SYSTEM MATTER?

WHY DO YOU SAY THAT THE AIRPORT OTHER ISSUES, AND YOU TOLD UP WITH SHOULDN'T BE MIXED

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THE