RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
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RFE/RL NEWSLINE 4 May 1999

COALITION, OPPOSITION CONFLICT DEEPENS OVER USE OF HUNGARIAN
AIR SPACE. Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on 3 May that the
Socialist Party is "playing with fire" by attempting to limit
NATO's access to Hungarian airports and air space (see
"RFE/RL Newsline," 3 May 1999). He said Hungary could find
itself in a difficult position if the largest opposition
party withdraws from a six-party agreement guaranteeing
unlimited use of the country's air space and airports by NATO
aircraft. In other news, Peter Balas, deputy state secretary
at the Economics Ministry, announced on 3 May that Hungary
has joined the EU oil embargo on Yugoslavia. And President
Arpad Goncz agreed with visiting South African President
Nelson Mandela that the conflict in Yugoslavia must be
resolved through negotiation. MSZ

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