SARAJEVO, June 13 (Hina) - Bosnia-Herzegovina's Moslem (Bosniak) and
Croat officials, on Friday reached agreement on the ethnic composition
of the Federal Army.
The Federal Defence Minister, Ante Jelavic, said after the Sarajevo
agreement that the ethnic ratio between Moslems and Croats in the
Federal Army would be 2.5:1, and in the professional staff the ratio
between Moslems and Croats would be 2.3:1.
The peacetime composition of the Federal Army will deploy 45,000
persons including both conscripts and professional soldiers.
According to Jelavic, Bosnian Croats will assume at least 31
percent of posts in the Defence Ministry.
The agreement on this matter has been achieved by mediation of a
U.S special envoy for military stability on the Balkans, James Pardew.
Previous failures to solve the issue impeded the distribution of the
shipped arms and military equipment.
On Friday, Moslems and Croats also agreed on the distribution of
the weaponry. Croats will get 92 tanks, 77 personnel armoured carriers
and 326 cannons, whereas Moslems will get 181 tanks, 150 personnel
armoured carriers and 674 cannons.
The Bosnian Presidency's President, Alija Izetbegovic, and member,
Kresimir Zubak, should formally confirm the treaty by signing it, and
after that it becomes operational.
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