MOSTAR, Aug 8 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said in an interview for Friday's issue of the Sarajevo daily "Dnevni avaz" that the construction of a highway through Bosnia-Herzegovina, known as Corridor 5C, was being
"unnecessarily politicised".
MOSTAR, Aug 8 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said in an
interview for Friday's issue of the Sarajevo daily "Dnevni avaz"
that the construction of a highway through Bosnia-Herzegovina,
known as Corridor 5C, was being "unnecessarily politicised". #L#
"This is an economic issue which concerns economic development not
only in Bosnia and Croatia, but also in Hungary and the whole of
Central Europe," Mesic said in the interview.
Only after the highway running from Budapest to Ploce Harbour is
completed can economic and human resources both in Bosnia and
Croatia be activated, Mesic said.
"If necessary, let each country construct its part of Corridor 5C,
but with agreement from the Hungarian, Bosnian and Croatian sides,"
Mesic added. "What should not happen is for one of the countries to
construct its part of the highway, while another one does not even
integrate it into its plan".
Commenting on his coming visit to Libya, Mesic said Libyan
President Moamer el-Gadafi intended to construct 2,000 kilometres
of highways and as many kilometres of railways through the country.
He added he was planning to lobby for Croatian and Bosnian
construction companies landing the job.
Asked to assess the position of Croats in Bosnia, Mesic said:
"Croatia wants Bosnia to develop as much as possible and it wants
Bosnian Croats to progress, however, they should look for
opportunities in Bosnia."
According to Mesic, the Dayton peace accords were not complete in
some aspects, which was why "all subjective forces in Bosnia should
advocate that the Dayton Agreement be built on and Bosnia start to
function as a modern European country".
The president condemned the fact that Serb war criminals Radovan
Karadzic and Ratko Mladic had not yet been arrested and brought
before the international war crimes tribunal for the ex-
Yugoslavia.
"They are among the worst criminals of the twentieth century. I
think that those who can arrest them should be ashamed that the two
are still at large," Mesic told the daily.
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