cratic Alliance of Kosovo (LDK), Dr. Ibrahim RUGOVA, president;
Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Sulejman UGLJANIN; Civic Alliance
of Serbia (GSS), Vesna PESIC, chairman; Socialist Party of
Montenegro (SP), leader NA

Other political or pressure groups: NA

Diplomatic representation in US: the US and Serbia and Montenegro
do not maintain full diplomatic relations; the Embassy of the former
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia continues to function in
the US
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Counselor, Charge d'Affaires
ad interim Zoran POPOVIC
chancery: 2410 California St. NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 462-6566

US diplomatic representation: the US and Serbia and Montenegro do
not maintain full diplomatic relations
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Chief of Mission Rudolf V.
PERINA
embassy: address NA, Belgrade
mailing address: Unit 1310, APO AE 09213-1310
telephone: [381] (11) 645655
FAX: [381] (11) 645332

Economy
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Economic overview: The swift collapse of the Yugoslav federation
in 1991 has been followed by highly destructive warfare, the
destabilization of republic boundaries, and the breakup of important
interrepublic trade flows. Serbia and Montenegro faces major
economic problems; output has dropped sharply, particularly in 1993.
Like the other former Yugoslav republics, it depended on its sister
republics for large amounts of energy supplies and manufactures.
Wide differences in climate, mineral resources, and levels of
technology among the republics accentuated this interdependence, as
did the communist practice of concentrating much industrial output
in a small number of giant plants. The breakup of many of the trade
links, the sharp drop in output as industrial plants lost suppliers
and markets, and the destruction of physical assets in the fighting
all have contributed to the economic difficulties of the republics.
One singular factor in the economic situation of Serbia and
Montenegro is the continuation in office of a communist government
that is primarily interested in political and military mastery, not
economic reform. Hyperinflation ended with the establishment of a
new currency unit in June 1993; prices were relatively stable in
1994. Reliable statistics are hard to come by; the GDP estimate of
$2,000 per capita is extremely rough. The economy is recovering
extremely slowl