Addressing the press conference, Pasalic said that the 1995 Dayton peace agreement, one of whose signatories is Croatia, had so far always been changed to the detriment of Croats, which led to "an unsustainable, unfair and immoral situation" in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
"The Dayton agreement is a dead document, as it has always been changed without the consent of Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina or of Croatia," Pasalic said adding that it was high time the three constituent peoples in Bosnia reached agreement on a new structure of the country.
In this context, the leader of the nonparliamentary Croatian party said that if he was elected president of Croatia, he would resolutely lobby for the establishment of a federal unit for Bosnian Croats.
Pasalic's statements on the Dayton accords and plans for a Bosnian Croat entity provoked fierce reactions of some local politicians representing Bosnian Muslims, who urged proclaiming Pasalic a persona non grata.
Pasalic told reporters in Sarajevo that he was against Croatia's ambitions to become a NATO member, as the alliance "is disintegrating from the inside".
Pasalic welcomed Croatia's possible membership in the European Union provided that the country succeeded in fully protecting its sovereignty.
Commenting on relations with the Hague-based UN war crimes tribunal, the HB leader said that they should be freed of the influence of politicians "who are willing to extradite everybody for the sake of their own interests".