MOSTAR, Jan 5 (Hina) - Acting head of the Mostar regional office of the High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Gerhard Sontheim, on Wednesday dismissed the decision of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)
officials in the canton bodies of authority pronouncing him an unwanted person in Mostar. Canton HDZ officials pronounced Sontheim unwanted, announcing a cessation of cooperation with the Mostar regional Office of the High Representative while he is at its helm. They accused him of dismissing the stances of the Croat side in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton. Sontheim told reporters that such HDZ action had no meaning and that he would continue performing his duties in Mostar. As proof of such intention, Sontheim recalled he had returned to Mostar after a two-week vacation in Germany. Head of the Office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Mostar, Ga
MOSTAR, Jan 5 (Hina) - Acting head of the Mostar regional office of
the High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Gerhard Sontheim,
on Wednesday dismissed the decision of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) officials in the canton bodies of
authority pronouncing him an unwanted person in Mostar.
Canton HDZ officials pronounced Sontheim unwanted, announcing a
cessation of cooperation with the Mostar regional Office of the
High Representative while he is at its helm. They accused him of
dismissing the stances of the Croat side in the Herzegovina-Neretva
Canton.
Sontheim told reporters that such HDZ action had no meaning and that
he would continue performing his duties in Mostar.
As proof of such intention, Sontheim recalled he had returned to
Mostar after a two-week vacation in Germany.
Head of the Office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation
in Europe (OSCE) in Mostar, Gary Mathews, said only the government
can pronounce a diplomat unwanted, not political parties.
He added this was done in this case by only a part of the HDZ in the
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton.
Mathews held cooperation should be developed, not boycott dialogue
as the HDZ is doing in this canton.
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