Montenegro declines overtures

Podgorica - Montenegro's reformist leadership rebuffed efforts yesterday by the new Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica to …

Podgorica - Montenegro's reformist leadership rebuffed efforts yesterday by the new Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica to form a federal government, the Montenegrin presidency said, but dialogue would continue.

President Milo Djukanovic of Montenegro has balked at accepting Montenegrin supporters of the ousted Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic in the federal government.

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