HRVATSKA KOSTAJNICA, Aug 26 (Hina) - The border crossing between Croatia and Bosnia at Hrvatska Kostajnica was opened for regular passenger traffic on Monday. Croatia has, thus, fully established its constitutional and legal
sovereignty, as well as territorial integrity between the Una and Uncica rivers, after almost 11 years.
HRVATSKA KOSTAJNICA, Aug 26 (Hina) - The border crossing between
Croatia and Bosnia at Hrvatska Kostajnica was opened for regular
passenger traffic on Monday. Croatia has, thus, fully established
its constitutional and legal sovereignty, as well as territorial
integrity between the Una and Uncica rivers, after almost 11 years.
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By deploying Croatian border police and customs service to the
border with Bosnia, 42 hectares of territory have been restored to
Croatia's sovereignty.
The crossing was officially opened by Croatian Foreign Minister
Tonino Picula and deputy representative of the European Commission
in Bosnia, Artur Runge Metzer.
The ceremony was attended by the head of the UN Mission to Bosnia,
Jacques Klein, ambassadors of the two countries, as well as other
senior officials.
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