HRVATSKA KOSTAJNICA, Oct 7 (Hina) - The head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, Bernard Poncet, on Thursday visited Hrvatska Kostajnica, a Croatian town on the border with Bosnia's
Serb entity. Ambassador Poncet and Mayor Davor Govorcinovic held talks on the position of Croats from Bosnia who are settled in the Kostajnica area, the organised and spontaneous returns of Serbs, reconstruction assistance, and a Croatian-Bosnian Serb border dispute over Stari Grad Zrinski, a Kostajnica area of 30 hectares which is still under Bosnian Serb control. Poncet told reporters after the talks returns to the area were quite slow and poor, despite a strong wish and willingness to resolve return-related problems. He announced the reconstruction of a local bridge over the Una river would be completed next year, which will open an internationa
HRVATSKA KOSTAJNICA, Oct 7 (Hina) - The head of the Organisation for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia,
Bernard Poncet, on Thursday visited Hrvatska Kostajnica, a
Croatian town on the border with Bosnia's Serb entity.
Ambassador Poncet and Mayor Davor Govorcinovic held talks on the
position of Croats from Bosnia who are settled in the Kostajnica
area, the organised and spontaneous returns of Serbs,
reconstruction assistance, and a Croatian-Bosnian Serb border
dispute over Stari Grad Zrinski, a Kostajnica area of 30 hectares
which is still under Bosnian Serb control.
Poncet told reporters after the talks returns to the area were quite
slow and poor, despite a strong wish and willingness to resolve
return-related problems.
He announced the reconstruction of a local bridge over the Una river
would be completed next year, which will open an international
border crossing between Croatia and Bosnia.
Speaking about the border dispute, Poncet said the two sides should
resolve disputes through talks.
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