ZAGREB, 26 July (Hina) - Aide to Croatian Foreign Minister, Hidajet Biscevic, on Friday received the European Union troika ambassadors, accredited in Croatia. The ambassadors delivered an EU protest note saying the European Union
expected Croatia to help in overcoming the current situation in Mostar. The protest note also announced a possible withdrawal of the EU Administration from Mostar, stressing that future relations between Croatia and the European Union would depend on Croatia's contribution in overcoming the present situation in the city, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said.
ZAGREB, 26 July (Hina) - Aide to Croatian Foreign Minister, Hidajet
Biscevic, on Friday received the European Union troika ambassadors,
accredited in Croatia. The ambassadors delivered an EU protest note
saying the European Union expected Croatia to help in overcoming
the current situation in Mostar. The protest note also announced a
possible withdrawal of the EU Administration from Mostar, stressing
that future relations between Croatia and the European Union would
depend on Croatia's contribution in overcoming the present
situation in the city, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said.
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In the past several months, Croatia had launched certain
political and diplomatic actions with which it confirmed its
profound understanding of the multiple importance of the Mostar
elections as well as of the consistent implementation of the civil
part of the Dayton peace agreement and preparations for the
September elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Croatia's contribution
included the resolution of some open questions, including the
central district crisis, the extension of deadlines for the
registration of political parties, an election boycott announced by
the Bosniac side and a compromise on the organization of elections
abroad, Biscevic said.
Certain disputable issues reflected the worrying inconsistency
and political differences within the international community
concerning the observance and implementation of the Dayton peace
agreement, Biscevic said, stressing that it was exactly Croatia
which had proposed an extension of the EU mandate in Mostar, at a
Contact Group conference in Rome on 18 February.
Croatia would continue to support the two political
communities in Mostar in finding a solution for the transitional
functioning of the Mostar City Council until the Federation Supreme
Court reached the final decision, Biscevic said. The resolution of
the problem should be achieved through a direct dialogue and in
cooperation with the leaderships of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the
Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, EU Presidency and EU
Administration in Mostar.
Croatia hoped that the European Union would think over
possible decisions on the cancellation of its mandate, Biscevic
said, adding the solution of the situation in Mostar was in the
interest of all sides.
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