MOSTAR, Feb 7 (Hina) - European Union's Mostar administrator made available on Wednesday his decision on the city setup. The city would be divided to six municipalities, three of them with Croat and three with Bosniac (Moslem)
majority, administrator Hans Koschnick told a news conference Wednesday. Apart from the six municipalities, there would be a central administration district. The railway station, the airport area, as well as the three hydroelectric plants and three water supply sources, would be run by a future city administration, he said.
MOSTAR, Feb 7 (Hina) - European Union's Mostar administrator made
available on Wednesday his decision on the city setup.
The city would be divided to six municipalities, three of them
with Croat and three with Bosniac (Moslem) majority, administrator
Hans Koschnick told a news conference Wednesday. Apart from the six
municipalities, there would be a central administration district.
The railway station, the airport area, as well as the three
hydroelectric plants and three water supply sources, would be run
by a future city administration, he said. #L#
"The U.S. State Department vowed last night to back my
decision," Koschnick said.
Questioned by a reporter of whether the introduction of a
central district had violated the Federation of Bosnia-
Herzegovina's Constitution, Koschnick replied it was up to
Federation's Constitutional Court to decide on that.
What if western (Croat) city Mayor Mijo Brajkovic rejects his
arbitration, was another question.
"In that case the governments responsible for the Dayton
accords and for decisions made in 1994 and 1995, will be expected
to give their explanations, as the U.S. and the European Union have
already done," Koschnick said.
Adding that Bosniacs wanted much larger central district than
the one he proposed, Koschnick said he had already forwarded his
decision to both city mayors, to Croatian and Bosnian governments,
and to president and vice-president of the Federation.
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