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(Kavadarci, 30/11/1935)
Member - Federal executive council (1974-1982)
A member of the Yugoslav federal executive council between 1974 and 1982, since 1978 Stojan Andov was charged of relations with the EEC. A market-oriented economist, he was in favour of a “sui generis” agreement between Yugoslavia and the EEC in order to expand bilateral cooperation beyond the limits of the traditional non-preferential scheme regulating bilateral relations with the Community. While in favour of closer relations between the two parties, he was aware of the political imperative to maintain Yugoslavia’s status as a socialist, non-aligned and developing country. In line with the President of FEC, Veselin Djuranović, he interpreted the agreement with the EEC as a means to anchor the country to the Western European economic system. Indeed, reporting to the Federal Executive Council about negotiations with the Community on January 1980, he underlined the political meaning of this agreement, and its direct link to the deterioration of international relations which had followed the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in December 1979.
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Veselin Djuranović succeeded Dzemal Bijedić as the head of the Federal executive council in 1977. He took this position right after the conclusion of the EEC-Yugoslavia Joint declaration of December 1976. Djuranović confirmed Bijedić’s v... |
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Stenographic notes on the 79th meeting of the Federal Executive Council, held on 10 May 1979
AJ 130 4212
During this meeting, Stojan Andov, a Macedonian member of the Federal executive council in charge of relations with the EEC, insisted on the political dimension of relations with the EEC. His approach was not contested by his homologues. - Available only in the Archive: http://www.arhivyu.gov.rs/ |
