The “Communist International” and Belgrade
By Bujar MUHARREMI
These days, Gregor Gizi, chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism faction in the German Bundestag, came to Albania on an official visit. In Tirana, he was received in separate meetings by the highest-ranking leaders of the Albanian state. In contrast to visits by prominent figures in European politics and diplomacy, Mr. Gizi’s visit to Tirana passed almost unnoticed. The Albanian press devoted no particular article or analysis to it. Apart from a cold official protocol, the German communist Gregor Gizi did not “enjoy” anything special on his Bonn-Belgrade-Tirana trip. It is a fact of no little significance that Mr. Gizi’s trip to Tirana took place after a planned visit to Belgrade, prompting much debate in the German parliament and media. Herr Gizi met Slobodan Milosheviç and the other leaders of Serbian national chauvinism in the capital of the “Balkan hell.” Gregor Gizi’s visit to Belgrade was no accident. It is not separate from current developments in Kosovo and the Balkans, and in particular it is not separate from the “brotherly” relations that some European communist circles are maintaining at this moment with the Serbian communists in Belgrade. Before Gregor Gizi, the chairman of the Italian Communist Party, Armando Kosuta, had also visited the Serbian capital. Signor Kosuta met and had a cordial conversation with the president of what remains of Yugoslavia.
Inside:
• KLD punishes 14 judges P. 11
• Selimllari awaits Grabocka P. 13
Kosovars look for one another P. 12