SARAJEVO, June 1 (Hina) - Assistant to the U.S. State Secretary, John Kornblum, on Saturday said that he had warned the Serb president Milosevic about the possibility of repeated economic sanctions if Belgrade did not fulfill all its
obligations under the Dayton Agreement, including cooperation with the International War Crimes Tribunal.
SARAJEVO, June 1 (Hina) - Assistant to the U.S. State Secretary,
John Kornblum, on Saturday said that he had warned the Serb
president Milosevic about the possibility of repeated economic
sanctions if Belgrade did not fulfill all its obligations under the
Dayton Agreement, including cooperation with the International War
Crimes Tribunal. #L#
Describing Friday's talks with Milosevic as very open and
intensive, Kornblum implied that harsh words had been used on both
sides.
Milosevic had tried to convince the American representatives
that Karadzic was no longer in office and that Biljana Plavsic, who
had replaced Karadzic, would issue an official statement on
Saturday, Kornblum said.
Kornblum added that the U.S. would continue pressuring in
order to obtain concrete evidence that Milosevic was fully
cooperating in the implementation of the Dayton peace accords,
Kornblum said, stressing that this meant bringing war crimes
suspects before the International Tribunal in The Hague.
He said that this was also expected of Croatia, warning that,
on the contrary, Zagreb could feel "very negative repercussions"
also.
Kornblum said that Izetbegovic had been warned of the need to
pass a law on the defence of the Bosnian Federation as soon as
possible.
This law had to be passed for many reasons, especially because
the implementation of the "Equip and Train" programme depended on
it, Kornblum said.
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