TRAVEL REPORT The Hon. Michael Atkinson MP Attorney-General ...

within Serbia Montenegro as a country and people over here and AustralianGovernment and politicians . . . to help with interconnection . . .) Yes, althoughthe economy is struggling, it will improve and . . . the war is well and truly overand people are exhausted both with the war and the kind of nationalisticfeelings that led to it . . . people are putting that behind them now . . . I wassurprised by the degree of peacefulness in Bosnia as well . . . that is behindthem and they are moving on and relationships are being re-establishedbetween the various ethnic groups (Presenter. . . . MrAtkinson I'm sorry to saythat we are coming close to end of this program . . . is there anything that youwant to particularly say, is there any message for Serbian people here fromyourside? . . .) . . . the Serbian people in Serbia, particularly the Government,are very grateful for the remittences which Serbian Australian people sendback to Serbia, that transfer of wealth is gratefully received and it makes lifeliveable for so many Serbian families . . . Serbia is moving on, Serbia will be agreat nation again and it's important that Serbian Australian people maintainthe faith in the old country, maintain the connection Serbia wants to hear fromSerbian Australians (Presenter. . . .you're recommending us to go over therefor a holiday?) Go and have a look, it would be a lot better than when you leftit (Presenter: . . .1 believe you will recommend Australians as well to go to learna little bit . . . about family life, about safety on the streets) And some lovelytourist attractions (Presenter. . . .good, good . . . what did you brought from overthere?) . . . I brought the Serbian national soccer outfit for my son Jonno towear, it was hard to get one . . . I was desperate the get one for the team thatour next door neighbours barrack for which is the youth team, what's theirname? Offca [phonetic] you can only get Partisan and Red Star, I got aPartisan outfit for my eight year old (Presenter. -Minister Atkinson I must sayI'm very glad that you made it and devoted your time here for our listeners, 1will tell you on behalf of our President, Cinisha who is here and all otherpeople working on this radio, you're welcome anytime on this program . . . wewill find a time for you . . .so thank you very much once more coming here andwe wish you all the best in your life) Thank you for the time, it's great to talkabout Serbia again .Wednesday, 11 .8 .2004 Sarajevo Morning News(Jutarnje novine)Travel Report, Hon . Michael Atkinson, MP. and Ms. Vini Ciccarello MP., August, 2004 126