ZAGREB, March 7 (Hina) - Croatia is interested in the equality of the Bosnian Croat people and wants to help them achieve it, but does not want to arbitrate in it, Prime Minister Ivica Racan told parliament's House of Representatives
on Wednesday. He said Croatia would resume with efforts to openly review problems and together with the international community expedite solutions which would ensure the equality of Bosnia's three peoples throughout Bosnian territory. Racan assessed the "rash" decisions on the proclamation of Bosnian Croat self-government, which a people's assembly reached in Mostar last weekend, did not help the cause of the Croat people in the neighbouring country. The current situation and open issues obstruct stable development there, he said, adding a stable Bosnia was Croatia's national interest. Racan said the Croatian government would insist on Bosnia's stability in talks w
ZAGREB, March 7 (Hina) - Croatia is interested in the equality of
the Bosnian Croat people and wants to help them achieve it, but does
not want to arbitrate in it, Prime Minister Ivica Racan told
parliament's House of Representatives on Wednesday.
He said Croatia would resume with efforts to openly review problems
and together with the international community expedite solutions
which would ensure the equality of Bosnia's three peoples
throughout Bosnian territory.
Racan assessed the "rash" decisions on the proclamation of Bosnian
Croat self-government, which a people's assembly reached in Mostar
last weekend, did not help the cause of the Croat people in the
neighbouring country. The current situation and open issues
obstruct stable development there, he said, adding a stable Bosnia
was Croatia's national interest.
Racan said the Croatian government would insist on Bosnia's
stability in talks with the international community, as status quo
in terms of the division of Bosnia and high independence for its
Serb republic did not contribute to stability.
He said initiatives aimed at resolving the matter were underway and
stressed Croatia was interested in special relations with the whole
of Bosnia and not just one of its entities.
An MP inquired about the government's position on the appointment
of Momcilo Perisic to the office of Serbia's deputy prime minister.
Croatia sentenced Perisic in absentia to 20 years in prison for the
destruction of the southern Croatian port of Zadar in the early
1990s as a member of ex-Yugoslavia's army.
Foreign Minister Tonino Picula said his ministry had warned the
international community the appointment would seriously hamper the
normalisation of Croatia-Yugoslavia relations.
Croatia will use the matter to tell the international community
that democratic processes in Yugoslavia are quite controversial,
said Picula. The Croatian government believes Perisic's
appointment is only temporary and nobody from the government will
be in touch with him, he added.
Picula said he did not know if UN's war crimes tribunal in The Hague
was preparing an indictment against Perisic.
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