ZAGREB, SARAJEVO — Croatian President Stjepan Mesić says that the source of instability in Bosnia-Hercegovina and Kosovo lies in Belgrade.
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Stjepan Mesić (FoNet, archive)
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Mesić said that the Kosovo Serbs, were they to enter institutions, could help Kosovo become a multi-ethnic, democratic and European entity.
He thought that the Martti Ahtisaari Plan for Kosovo’s status was a good basis for reaching an agreement, though he noted that “both sides are deeply entrenched, as one side wants independence immediately, and the other never.”
Stating that Belgrade was leading the same policies towards the Republic of Srpska (RS), the president said that Croatia wanted to extend its relations with Bosnia-Hercegovina as a whole, and that he would never view the entities as countries within a country, or for that matter accept their break-up.
“RS hindered police reform with Serbia’s backing”
The Bosniak representative to the Bosnia-Hercegovina presidency, Haris Silajdžić, says that the RS leadership hampered police reform in the country at Serbia’s behest.
“Even though it was clear from the outset that Serbia had a big part to play in encouraging such delays, recent statements from both the Serbian president and prime minister have just gone to prove this fact,” said Silajdžić.
He said that “this isn’t 1992,” and that the radical political element in Belgrade was not in a position to turn its thoughts into actions, and that it was about time that Serbia turned to solving the problem, as well as to meeting a series of international commitments it still had towards Bosnia-Hercegovina.
“The Dayton Accords brought an end to the war and consolidated Bosnia-Hercegovina’s statehood and independence, and the agreement’s first article states that Bosnia-Hercegovina continues its legal existence according to international law as a state. Annex II of the agreement stresses that all laws previously in force on the territory of Bosnia-Hercegovina remain so until the Bosnia-Hercegovina authorities decide otherwise,” said Silajdžić.
He said that the country still required the assistance of the international community, and the continued presence of international representatives and foreign forces. |
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Mesic was the president of Yugoslavia at the time
the NATO nazi’s dismembered Yugoslavia . He seemed happy to anounce that Yugslavia is no more . The nazi croats blame the Serbs for the difficulties running the New muslim nazi countries
In the second world war. These croat and muslim nazi’s murdered in death camps about a million Serbs and others . This is a difficult pill for Serbia to swallow to have these nazis back in power again . Serbia doesnt believe it would have happend again without the help of NATzO .
Comment by eric — November 21, 2007 #
I dont think that Mesic should be as ambitious as to claim that Kosovo could become multi-ethnic and on the road to Europe. Kosovo is impoverished and the only real interest that the world has is in its mineral resources.
The two sides are too far apart and a compromise cannot be reached. I feel that the only real answer is the partioning of Kosovo into two states, Serbia with the North and Albania/autnomous Kosovo in the south.
Republika Srpska must accept the fact that the status it recieved as part of Dayton was manufactured as part of a peace process, it will eventually be taken away in favour of a unified, predominantly Christian state.
Comment by Ilija — December 21, 2007 #