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December 30, 2000 

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) — Former President Slobodan Milosevic's brother was officially recalled Friday as Yugoslavia's ambassador to Moscow, as were 16 other ambassadors who had been appointed by the old regime.

New President Vojislav Kostunica's decision to recall the envoys was published last week in the Yugoslav Official Register of presidential and government decisions. Under Yugoslav law, it took effect Friday, a week after the register published it.

In addition to recalling Borislav Milosevic, Kostunica decided to bring home Yugoslavia's ambassadors to Sweden, China, Macedonia, the Czech Republic, Spain, Hungary, Greece, Belgium, Libya, Israel, Jordan, Slovakia, Venezuela, Mexico, Belgium and Japan.

The ambassadors are expected to return to the country by Jan. 15, an official in the Foreign Ministry said, speaking on condition of anonymity. He said the ambassadors, most of whom are strong Milosevic supporters and allies, had ``fulfilled legal requirements'' for possible retirement or their appointments had exceeded the standard four-year period.

Since Milosevic's ouster in October, scores of officials in Yugoslavia's federal administration, as well as in its main republic, Serbia, have been replaced by Kostunica and his political allies, who are members of the 18-party pro-democracy alliance.