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OBSTACLES TO HUNGARIAN PARTICIPATION IN SLOVAK
GOVERNMENT REMOVED. A congress of the Party of the
Democratic Left (SDL) on 24 October approved the
participation of the Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK) in
the country's next government, AP reported, citing
Slovak media. The SDL has been the only opposition party
to express reservations about the SMK's participation in
the new coalition (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 15, 21, and 22
October 1998). The coalition agreement is expected to be
signed on 27 October. MS

POLISH PREMIER IN HUNGARY. Jerzy Buzek and his Hungarian
counterpart, Viktor Orban, agreed in Budapest on 22
October that the two countries and the Czech Republic
must coordinate policies related to NATO accession,
Hungarian media reported on 24 October. Another meeting
of the three countries' premiers will be held in Warsaw
next year. Buzek said Hungarian and Polish experts will
conduct talks to resolve the grain import dispute
between the two countries and other issues related to
agriculture. MS

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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 2, No. 208, 27 October 1998

U.S. SPY PLANES MAY OPERATE FROM HUNGARY. U.S. officials
informed the Hungarian government that Predator
surveillance planes stationed at the Taszar military air
base in southwestern Hungary may conduct surveillance
flights over Kosova, the daily "Nepszabadsag" reported
on 27 October. Hungarian armed forces spokesman Colonel
Gyula Sajner said the parliament's 14 October decision
allowing the use of Hungarian air space for a possible
NATO operation in Kosova also permits flights by
surveillance planes. A U.S. embassy official said the
military operations now under way at the Taszar military
base are in line with the parliament's authorization.
MSZ

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