$ SARAJEVO, 7 Aug (Hina) - The United States and the international community are dissatisfied with the course of implementation of the Dayton agreement and it should be accelerated, said Richard Holbrooke, special envoy of the U.S.
President.
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SARAJEVO, 7 Aug (Hina) - The United States and the international
community are dissatisfied with the course of implementation of the
Dayton agreement and it should be accelerated, said Richard
Holbrooke, special envoy of the U.S. President. #L#
Speaking at a press conference in Sarajevo on Thursday, after
almost six-hour talks with the members of the Bosnian Presidency and
the Council of Ministers, Holbrooke said that all three sides
obstructed the implementation of the peace agreement to some extent,
since not one of them was fulfilling its obligations completely.
The international community was very dissatisfied with such
behaviour, Holbrooke said, stressing that yesterday's meeting
between Presidents Tudjman and Izetbegovic was very important and
could speed up the peace process.
If decisions made in Split are implemented, that will be a big
step both for the Federation and Bosnia and Herzegovina, he added.
Not underestimating the contribution of other countries, the
U.S. administration is determined to implement the peace agreement,
and its determination is shared by the NATO chief commander for
Europe, General Clark, and SFOR commander General Shinseki,
Holbrooke said.
The U.S. mediator Robert Gelbard, who also participated in the
talks, recalled that the Sintra document consisted of very clear
obligations and deadlines for the implementation of the Dayton
agreement. Should those obligations and deadlines be ignored, new
penalties will be applied, he said.
We did this in the case of appointment of ambassadors, and we
will do the same if the law on citizenship and passports is not
adopted, Gelbard said.
Gelbard announced that the U.S. administration would continue
to intensify the wall of sanctions against the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia if it failed to fulfil its share of obligations,
especially when it came to handing over war criminals.
The international community continued to support Biljana
Plavsic, Gelbard said, adding that the Serb entity in Bosnia-
Herzegovina could not count on greater economic assistance if it was
not ready to fulfil its obligations.
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