SARAJEVO, Jan 19 (Hina) - A spokeswoman for the Office of the High Representative (OHR) for Bosnia on Tuesday refuted as completely unfounded the claims of some media in Croatia and of Bosnian Presidency Croat member Ante Jelavic that
Bosnian Croats were exposed to international pressure and conspiracy victims. The national rights and aspirations of Bosnian Croats were a component of the Dayton peace agreement and were guaranteed by the constitutions of both Bosnia and the Bosnian Federation, OHR spokeswoman Alexandra Stiglmayer told reporters in Sarajevo. She said the idea of an international conspiracy against Croats in Bosnia was out of the question. Such accusations were entirely unfounded and were an attempt to shift responsibility for infringements of the Dayton agreement and to connect incompatible things, Stiglmayer added. Neither the HR nor the international community had ever said
SARAJEVO, Jan 19 (Hina) - A spokeswoman for the Office of the High
Representative (OHR) for Bosnia on Tuesday refuted as completely
unfounded the claims of some media in Croatia and of Bosnian
Presidency Croat member Ante Jelavic that Bosnian Croats were
exposed to international pressure and conspiracy victims.
The national rights and aspirations of Bosnian Croats were a
component of the Dayton peace agreement and were guaranteed by the
constitutions of both Bosnia and the Bosnian Federation, OHR
spokeswoman Alexandra Stiglmayer told reporters in Sarajevo.
She said the idea of an international conspiracy against Croats in
Bosnia was out of the question.
Such accusations were entirely unfounded and were an attempt to
shift responsibility for infringements of the Dayton agreement and
to connect incompatible things, Stiglmayer added.
Neither the HR nor the international community had ever said a
television channel in the Croatian language was out of the question
in Bosnia, she explained, adding it had never been said either that
Croatian Radio-Television could not re-air its programme on
Bosnian territory.
The real question was how to establish a necessary legal framework,
Stiglmayer said.
She added a draft bill on a federal television was at present before
the government, and said that one of two channels could be defined
as the channel in Croatian.
It was however an issue which had to be discussed and resolved by
media professionals, the spokeswoman explained.
Asked if her comments also referred to Jelavic's Monday address at a
presidency session of the Croatian Democratic Union of BH (HDZ BH),
Stiglmeyer stressed all claims about a conspiracy against the Croat
people and endeavours to marginalise it, including those made by
Jelavic, were simply false.
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