ZAGREB, March 9 (Hina) - The Dayton Agreement first needs to be implemented in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and only then approach reorganising the internal structure of the country, Croatian President Stipe Mesic said Friday. After talks with
Austrian Economy and Labour Ministry, Martin Bartenstein, Mesic was asked by reporters to comment on suggestions on the constitutional and legal reorganisation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. "The Dayton Agreement stopped the war in Bosnia, but did not lead to a complete peace," Mesic said, adding there were still forces on the stage who wished to join parts of Bosnia to other countries. He said he advocated the idea that the Dayton Agreement should first be implemented, return displaced persons and refugees to their homes and revive Bosnian economy with the assistance of the international community. "When Bosnia begins functioning as a country, it will be obvious that institutions of t
ZAGREB, March 9 (Hina) - The Dayton Agreement first needs to be
implemented in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and only then approach
reorganising the internal structure of the country, Croatian
President Stipe Mesic said Friday.
After talks with Austrian Economy and Labour Ministry, Martin
Bartenstein, Mesic was asked by reporters to comment on suggestions
on the constitutional and legal reorganisation of Bosnia-
Herzegovina.
"The Dayton Agreement stopped the war in Bosnia, but did not lead to
a complete peace," Mesic said, adding there were still forces on the
stage who wished to join parts of Bosnia to other countries.
He said he advocated the idea that the Dayton Agreement should first
be implemented, return displaced persons and refugees to their
homes and revive Bosnian economy with the assistance of the
international community.
"When Bosnia begins functioning as a country, it will be obvious
that institutions of the central state must be strengthened, after
which we can discuss other operations, even a restructuring of
Bosnia-Herzegovina. But first, Dayton must be implemented," Mesic
asserted.
Despite the instability in Serbia's south, problems on the border
between Kosovo and Macedonia and political problems in Bosnia-
Herzegovina, the crises in Croatia's neighbouring countries "can
in no way be transferred to Croatia," stressing Croatia was today "a
safety zone, a well-regulated law-based state in which
institutions of the system are functioning".
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