MOSTAR MOSTAR, March 15 (Hina) - The international community's High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Paddy Ashdown, said on Monday he would not object to the placement of a monument to Croatian soldiers in the southern city of
Mostar.
MOSTAR, March 15 (Hina) - The international community's High
Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Paddy Ashdown, said on Monday he
would not object to the placement of a monument to Croatian soldiers
in the southern city of Mostar.#L#
The monument, which incorporates the sign of the cross, was brought to
Mostar's Croatian Great Men Square late last week. When the placement
of the monument began local media argued that it might upset Mostar's
non-Catholics and disrupt the unification of the city.
Ashdown said in Mostar today he felt the placement of the monument was
not wrong since Croat politicians informed him it was not unlawful
while Muslim leaders convinced him they did not find the monument
provocative.
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