ZAGREB, Dec 6 (Hina) - A Croatian delegation, led by head of the Croatian government office for the succession projects Bozo Marendic, will participate in a meeting of all five successor countries of the former Yugoslavia to be held
in Brussels on December 18 and 19. The meeting, which will focus on succession issues, is the first meeting after this spring when negotiations were discontinued. Marendic told Hina over a phone interview that all successor countries were invited to the meeting, namely Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Macedonia. Last year, the international community, under the auspices of which negotiations on the succession are being held, froze a further process of negotiations, primarily due to sanctions imposed on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The succession project is an international project under the auspices of the
ZAGREB, Dec 6 (Hina) - A Croatian delegation, led by head of the
Croatian government office for the succession projects Bozo
Marendic, will participate in a meeting of all five successor
countries of the former Yugoslavia to be held in Brussels on
December 18 and 19.
The meeting, which will focus on succession issues, is the first
meeting after this spring when negotiations were discontinued.
Marendic told Hina over a phone interview that all successor
countries were invited to the meeting, namely Croatia, Slovenia,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and
Macedonia. Last year, the international community, under the
auspices of which negotiations on the succession are being held,
froze a further process of negotiations, primarily due to sanctions
imposed on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
The succession project is an international project under the
auspices of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC).
During the two-day meeting in Brussels, each successor country will
have a separate meeting with a mediator in negotiations on the
succession of the former Yugoslavia, Lord Arthur Wattsom, after
which representatives of all countries will meet at a multilateral
level, Marendic said.
At the first meeting, we will establish the situation of the
project, namely whether certain countries remained their old
attitudes, Marendic said, adding the talks would focus on an
agreement on further negotiations and not concrete issues of the
succession.
Marendic reminded that four successor countries had so far shared
standpoints on global issues of the succession, possibly aiming at
forming a firm shield against Yugoslavia, while the FRY obstructed
the work.
He, however, added that in the further course of negotiations,
Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Macedonia could display
differences in standpoints.
According to Marendic, at this moment the most important task is to
achieve a 'global agreement' on the succession of the former state,
after which the successor countries will be able to divide real
estates of the former Yugoslavia.
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