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individuals in respective delegations was, particularly in Serbian delegation.
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Professor Markovic was just officially a head of the delegation. In reality, Mr.
Sainovic was the chief because Milosevic had full confidence in him. As Markovic said
to other members of Serbian delegation: ―In the way that this duck on the lake is the
owner of this castle, I am the head of the delegation! Besides, that is something that I do
not have to explain to you, you saw that yourself!‖ 111 (Mitic‘s book is in Serbian and this
is one of translations made by the author of this paper, just like in cases of Simic,
Komnenic, Cosic, and some texts from Serbian newspapers). Additionally, Serbian
President Milutinovic joined the Conference to prove that Yugoslavia did take the
Conference seriously. He ignored Markovic‘s suggestions even if he was usually right.
Occasionally, Milutinovic would use attributes such as a traitor to critique Markovic.
Other than Markovic and Sainovic, Kutlesic and Stambuk were also important
members of the delegation, while other members would be informed occasionally about
the talks. Those others were mainly representatives of minorities from Kosovo who were
seeing by westerners just as an ornament to Serbian delegation. 112 According to Austrian
Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch (one of three co-presides of the Conference), Kutlesic,
Markovic, and Sainovic were competent and willing to find the solution that was
acceptable for both sides, while other members of Serbian delegation did not have
anything to say. 113
111 Miodrag Mitic, Kako Nam Se Dogodio Rambuje (Beograd: Filip Visnjic, 2003), 81.
112 Tim Judah, Kosovo: War and Revenge (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000), 221.
113 Miodrag Mitic, Kako Nam Se Dogodio Rambuje (Beograd: Filip Visnjic, 2003), 83.