STOLAC, Dec 13 (Hina) - The president of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Federation, Karlo Filipovic, in Stolac on Thursday called for the restoration of international confidence in this southern Bosnian town. Filipovic said this was a
condition for overcoming the current situation. The visit of the Bosnian Federation president and his deputy Safet Halilovic took place after recent incidents in Stolac which renewed intolerance between Croats and Bosniak returnees. Recently, a group of Croats has destroyed and set on fire a part of a wooden fence around the area for the reconstruction of the Emperor's Mosque in Stolac, destroyed during Croat-Bosniak conflicts in 1993. Catholic priests claim that several Catholic crosses haven been desecrated in the Stolac area, but there are no suspects. The Vice President of the Bosnian Federation, Safet Halilovic, said the cause of the incidents in Stolac was the existence of para
STOLAC, Dec 13 (Hina) - The president of the Bosnia-Herzegovina
Federation, Karlo Filipovic, in Stolac on Thursday called for the
restoration of international confidence in this southern Bosnian
town. Filipovic said this was a condition for overcoming the
current situation.
The visit of the Bosnian Federation president and his deputy Safet
Halilovic took place after recent incidents in Stolac which renewed
intolerance between Croats and Bosniak returnees.
Recently, a group of Croats has destroyed and set on fire a part of a
wooden fence around the area for the reconstruction of the
Emperor's Mosque in Stolac, destroyed during Croat-Bosniak
conflicts in 1993.
Catholic priests claim that several Catholic crosses haven been
desecrated in the Stolac area, but there are no suspects.
The Vice President of the Bosnian Federation, Safet Halilovic, said
the cause of the incidents in Stolac was the existence of parallel
structures left behind from the war, referring to the structures of
the former Croat Republic of Herceg-Bosna.
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