SARAJEVO, March 18 (Hina) - Representatives of eight most influential parties ion Bosnia began a new round of negotiations on the country's constitutional changes which must be carried out to so all three peoples are constitutive on
the entire Bosnian territory.
SARAJEVO, March 18 (Hina) - Representatives of eight most
influential parties ion Bosnia began a new round of negotiations on
the country's constitutional changes which must be carried out to
so all three peoples are constitutive on the entire Bosnian
territory. #L#
The meeting should last two days and result in a final agreement by
interested sides, avoiding the High Representative, Wolfgang
Petritsch, himself imposing appropriate solutions.
Ahead of the negotiations in Sarajevo, Petritsch spoke with the
honorary president of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) Alija
Izetbetovic and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) officials,
separately.
An agreement must be reached within the next few days. This is the
final round of talks, Petritsch's spokeswoman Alexandra
Stiglemayer said, as cited by Sarajevo's daily Dnevni avaz.
Republika Srpska Premier Mladen Ivanic told the media in Banja Luka
that in case the parties do not reach an agreement, his government
would forward draft amendments to the entity's constitution into
parliament.
He thus, directly threatened that if an agreement is not reached,
Bosnian Serbs will by themselves decide what changes will be
implemented in Republika Srpska.
Stiglemayer said Ivanic's statements are not of help. Instead of
threatening, it would be wiser now to concentrate on negotiations
which are underway, she said.
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