SARAJEVO, May 17 (Hina) - A former chairman of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency, Alija Izetbegovic, and former mayor of the southern Bosnian town of Mostar Safet Orucevic said in interviews on Thursday and Friday they were surprised
with the discovery of over 60 tonnes of shells hidden in warehouses in the region of Mostar, which is under the Muslim control. In an interview broadcast by Bosnian television BHTV1 on Thursday evening, Izetbegovic said he did not justify the illegal storage of weapons and ammunition in Mostar, but at the same time he showed understanding about the fear of Mostar residents from the renewal of conflicts even after the signing of the Dayton Agreement. Izetbegovic and Orucevic said in an interview published in Sarajevo's daily "Dnevni Avaz" that they believe that the shells were not intended for futher sale. It is clear that the wearhouses were not connected with any
SARAJEVO, May 17 (Hina) - A former chairman of the Bosnia-
Herzegovina Presidency, Alija Izetbegovic, and former mayor of the
southern Bosnian town of Mostar Safet Orucevic said in interviews
on Thursday and Friday they were surprised with the discovery of
over 60 tonnes of shells hidden in warehouses in the region of
Mostar, which is under the Muslim control.
In an interview broadcast by Bosnian television BHTV1 on Thursday
evening, Izetbegovic said he did not justify the illegal storage of
weapons and ammunition in Mostar, but at the same time he showed
understanding about the fear of Mostar residents from the renewal
of conflicts even after the signing of the Dayton Agreement.
Izetbegovic and Orucevic said in an interview published in
Sarajevo's daily "Dnevni Avaz" that they believe that the shells
were not intended for futher sale.
It is clear that the wearhouses were not connected with any form of
terrorism or smuggling, as presented by some Croatian and Serbian
media which tried to created an affair by publishing fabrications
and munipulations, Orucevic said.
Sarajevo's weekly "Slobodna Bosna" on Friday reported that the key
person in the affair of hidden shells is the former deputy defence
minister of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hasan Cengic.
Cengic is an influential member of the Democratic Action Party.
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