ZAGREB, March 9 (Hina) - Croatia's Premier Ivica Racan on Friday held talks with ambassadors of European Union member-countries and the UN Security-Council permanent members, accredited in Zagreb, on the latest developments in
Bosnia-Herzegovina and on activities Zagreb was taking to help solve the current situation.
ZAGREB, March 9 (Hina) - Croatia's Premier Ivica Racan on Friday
held talks with ambassadors of European Union member-countries and
the UN Security-Council permanent members, accredited in Zagreb,
on the latest developments in Bosnia-Herzegovina and on activities
Zagreb was taking to help solve the current situation.#L#
According to unofficial sources close to Racan's Cabinet,
participants in the meeting exchanged opinions on the situation in
Bosnia following the recent proclamation of the self-rule by the
Croat National Assembly (led by the HDZ BiH political party) in
Bosnian areas populated mainly by Croats and following the decision
of the international community's High Representative in Sarajevo
to dismiss four senior officials of the HDZ BiH (the Croatian
Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina).
The government sources refuted reports that the meeting also
revolved around the Croatian Government's unofficial proposal
about the political reorganisation of Bosnia, the so-called non-
paper, which has recently been published by some Croatian media.
Present at the Zagreb meeting were also the head of the OSCE's
mission in Croatia, Bernard Ponchet, and the European Union's envoy
in the Croatian capital, Per Vinther.
After the meeting nobody addressed reporters.
Earlier this week PM Racan announced that Croatia would conduct a
more active policy towards Bosnia and intensify the cooperation
with the international community in bids to defuse the situation
after the declaration of the self-rule and the replacement of Ante
Jelavic, the Croat member of the Bosnian three-man Presidency.
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