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We have very difficult years behind us, the war was going on, many people of different nationalities were killed. Those who have lost their dear ones, who lost their property, who left their homes might have their own opinion of what is happening today\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Goran Svilanovic, Yugoslav Foreign Minister\u003cbr/\u003eBoth countries still have to appoint ambassadors and to work out agreements on trade, traffic and customs. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Bosnian)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are not here to fight for the better past. The past is as it is and nobody can change it. Somebody is proud of it, someone is ashamed, that all depends on personal and group perception of the same events. By today's signature we are establishing international way in this part of the world. We are establishing base for making war unthinkable of in the future\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Jadranko Prlic, Bosnian Foreign Minister\u003cbr/\u003ePrlic announced that proposals to that effect should be completed by the end of the month.\u003cbr/\u003eHe also said the two countries and Croatia should organize a trilateral conference to discuss the return of refugees.\u003cbr/\u003eMilosevic's regime had insisted that present-day Yugoslavia - now made up of Serbia and Montenegro - should be considered the only successor to the old federation's assets, a claim the other four ex-Yugoslav countries have fiercely disputed.\u003cbr/\u003eMilosevic's successor, Vojislav Kostunica, had dropped that claim, paving the way for mutual recognition. \u003cbr/\u003eSvilanovic said that issues of succession and ownership would remain open and subject to further talks.\u003cbr/\u003eSlovenia and Yugoslavia established diplomatic ties on  December 9, Croatia and Yugoslavia in 1996. \u003cbr/\u003eMacedonia, the only ex-republic to break away peacefully, agreed to formal ties with Belgrade in 1994.\u003cbr/\u003eBoth Bosnia and Slovenia stand much to gain by closer ties with Yugoslavia, whose 10 (m) million people represent a potentially strong market for their products.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever victims of the  Srebrenica massacre were outraged with the signing of the diplomatic relations between Bosnia and Yugoslavia.\u003cbr/\u003eThey announced that they'll protest and even 'burn' the Bosnian presidency for doing this. \u003cbr/\u003eAn organization called 'Mothers of Srebrenica' said they'll never accept the deal singed by Bosnian and Yugoslav foreign minister today in Belgrade. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Bosnian)\u003cbr/\u003e 'We have to sort out our past first and only than think of our future. We can't forget what happened. If we thought about this in 1945 it would not happen to us in 1992\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Munira Subasic, Srebrenica Refugee\u003cbr/\u003eBosnian officials have a completely opposite view on this issue. \u003cbr/\u003eMirza Hajric, a foreign policies advisor to Bosnian president says that Bosnian people should positively think about the Belgrade agreement.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)  \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think Bosnian people should mark this signing of diplomatic relations between Bosnia and Yugoslavia as a death to the project of Greater Serbia. Therefore this should be perceived very positively.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Mirza Hajric, Foreign Policies Advisor to Bosnian President\u003cbr/\u003eHajric added that there are a lot of painful issues between Bosnia and Yugoslavia, but the establishment of diplomatic relations opens doors for solving them.\u003cbr/\u003eAfter four years of war and five years of Milosevic's blockades the two countries have finally agreed on the exchange of ambassadors and recognizing each other. \u003cbr/\u003eThe process of succession of property of former Yugoslav republics is on the way already, it is expected that\u003cbr/\u003eby the end of the year finance ministers of ex Yugoslav countries adopt the key under which property of Communist Yugoslavia is equally shared by their successors.\u003cbr/\u003eAlso on Friday, a senior U-S representative in Belgrade signed over 10 (m) million (U-S) dollars in aid to Yugoslavia, as part of a quick-start package to help the new pro-democracy government cope with winter needs.\u003cbr/\u003eThe money will go into buying electricity for Serbia, Yugoslavia's dominant republic, faced with dramatic power shortages after more than a decade of economic downturn during Slobodan Milosevic's reign and NATO's bombing last year which damaged the power grid.\u003cbr/\u003eThe sum is part of an 87 (m) million (U-S) dollars assistance package by the U-S Agency for International Development, pledged after Milosevic's ouster.\u003cbr/\u003eThe US AID package also includes 45 (m) million (U-S) dollars for food for refugees and social cases, 14 (m) million for municipalities, 5 (m) million for schools and 13 (m) million to help support the democratic process.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Serbian)   \u003cbr/\u003e\"I am very grateful on this aid. I would kindly ask you to onpass my deepest gratitude to the American nation and government. At the same time I would like to improve our relations and re-establish our economic cooperation\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Miroljub Labus, Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is first such agreement that we concluded with government of Yugoslavia since re-establishing  diplomatic relations one month ago. It is very important in itself as someone privileged to live in Belgrade I know importance of electricity\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: William Montgomery, US Ambassador\u003cbr/\u003eYugoslavia resumed diplomatic relations with the United States last month, the act ushered in a new era between the two countries.\u003cbr/\u003eWashington and Belgrade still face a number of contentious issues, including Kostunica's refusal to send Milosevic and other indicted war crimes suspects to the international court in The Hague, Netherlands, for trial.\u003cbr/\u003eBelgrade, Yugoslavia / Sarajevo. Bosnia, December 15, 2000\u003cbr/\u003eBelgrade, Yugoslavia - December 15, 2000\u003cbr/\u003e1.  Various exteriors, Foreign Ministry building\u003cbr/\u003e2.  Inside Bosnian Foreign Ministry Jadranko Prlic - Bosnian Foreign Minister, and Yugoslav Foreign Minister   Goran Svilanovic signing the protocol\u003cbr/\u003e4.  Wide shot, Prlic and Svilanovic talking heads\u003cbr/\u003e5.  SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Goran Svilanovic, Yugoslav Foreign Minister\u003cbr/\u003e6.  Close shot, Svilanovic\u003cbr/\u003e7.  SOUNDBITE:(Serbian) Goran Svilanovic, Yugoslav Foreign Minister\u003cbr/\u003e8.  Cutaway, cameraman\u003cbr/\u003eSarajevo, Bosnia, December 15, 2000\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide shot, Sarajevo\u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid shot, Sarajevo street\u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid shot, interior of office of the organization 'Mothers of Srebrenica'\u003cbr/\u003e12. Pan from poster to people at desk\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid shot, people in office\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (Bosnian) Munira Subasic, Srebrenica Refugee \u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid shot, graves in Lion cemetery in Sarajevo\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide shot, cemetery\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide shot, flags\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mirza Hajric, Foreign Policies Advisor to Bosnian President\u003cbr/\u003e19. Close shot, Bosnian flag\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide shot, Bosnian presidency\u003cbr/\u003eBelgrade, Yugoslavia - December 15, 2000\u003cbr/\u003e21. US ambassador William Montgomery walking with the Yugoslav deputy Prime Minister Miroljub Labus into a  government office\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Miroljub Labus, Yugoslav deputy Prime Minister\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) William Montgomery\u003cbr/\u003e24.  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