SARAJEVO, Sept 9 (Hina) - The international community's high
representative for the implementation of the peace agreement in
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Carl Bildt, said on Monday that an
international military presence in this country would be necessary
even after elections.
Bildt told a news conference in Sarajevo that that presence
was necessary to deter any military options in the region for the
next few years.
He said that a final stance on the problem had not been taken
at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Ireland this weekend, but
that the issue was "broached".
The meeting fully supported a "consolidation plan" that should
help establish joint government institutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina
after the September 14 elections and its economic reconstruction
and development.
Bildt said that measures had been prepared in the event of
attempts to block the establishment and work of Bosnian government
institutions, but he declined to elaborate on them.
Power-sharing is crucial for this country because only in this
way can blockades be avoided, he said.
Bildt said that after the elections Bosnia-Herzegovina would
most probably be the most decentralized country in the world, which
would not mean that its entities would be allowed to act like
independent states.
Only the full implementation of the Dayton peace agreement can
ensure necessary economic support to Bosnia-Herzegovina, he added.
Bildt went on to say that between 40,000 and 60,000 voters
were expected to cross the inter-entity boundary on election day,
when a large number of refugees would arrive from Croatia and
Yugoslavia.
On that day the NATO-led peace implementation force would
regulate traffic on 19 roads to ensure unimpeded passage between
the Moslem-Croat and Serb entitites. Only vehicles with more than
eight passengers would be allowed to use those roads.
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