SARAJEVO, Nov 12 (Hina) - High Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina Wolfgang Petristch said Sunday the leader of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ BiH), Ante Jelavic, was the only opponent of the Dayton
Agreement who is still in office in the region, adding he did not take Jelavic's statements seriously as they were merely nationalist rhetoric. Jelavic's statements are mere rhetoric and I have no intention of paying any special attention to them, Petritsch told reporters in Sarajevo when asked to comment on Jelavic's announcement that the party would no longer cooperate with officials of the international community, including not only Petristch himself, but also chief of the OSCE Mission to the country, Robert Barry and UN official Jacques Klein. Petristch recalled the Peace Implementation Council for Bosnia-Herzegovina had appointed him as High Representative, and stressed Jelavic cann
SARAJEVO, Nov 12 (Hina) - High Representative to Bosnia-
Herzegovina Wolfgang Petristch said Sunday the leader of the
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia-Herzegovina (HDZ BiH), Ante
Jelavic, was the only opponent of the Dayton Agreement who is still
in office in the region, adding he did not take Jelavic's statements
seriously as they were merely nationalist rhetoric.
Jelavic's statements are mere rhetoric and I have no intention of
paying any special attention to them, Petritsch told reporters in
Sarajevo when asked to comment on Jelavic's announcement that the
party would no longer cooperate with officials of the international
community, including not only Petristch himself, but also chief of
the OSCE Mission to the country, Robert Barry and UN official
Jacques Klein.
Petristch recalled the Peace Implementation Council for Bosnia-
Herzegovina had appointed him as High Representative, and stressed
Jelavic cannot influence his mandate in any way.
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