MOSTAR, 13 Sept (Hina) - A group of Muslims from eastern Mostar who entered the western (Croat-controlled) part of the city two days ago, returned to eastern Mostar after the two sides agreed that Muslim houses in western Mostar would
not be damaged and that Croat houses in eastern Mostar would be preserved as well, special representative of the European Union in Mostar, Martin Garrod told a press conference Friday.
MOSTAR, 13 Sept (Hina) - A group of Muslims from eastern Mostar who
entered the western (Croat-controlled) part of the city two days
ago, returned to eastern Mostar after the two sides agreed that
Muslim houses in western Mostar would not be damaged and that Croat
houses in eastern Mostar would be preserved as well, special
representative of the European Union in Mostar, Martin Garrod told
a press conference Friday. #L#
Eastern and western Mostar authorities would take care of
Muslim and Croat houses in both parts of the city, Garrod added.
Last night, Mostar Croats and Muslims agreed to start
implementing a pilot-project on the return of refugees after the 14
September elections. The project would be implemented in
cooperation with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees
(UNHCR). According to the project, Muslim refugees are to return to
70 houses in the suburb of Podhum (western Mostar), while Croat
refugees are to return to 70 houses in the suburb of Bijelo Polje
(eastern Mostar).
Although it had been announced that today's press conference
would also be attended by Mostar Mayor Ivan Prskalo and his deputy
Safet Orucevic, the two officials did not show up at the
conference.
According to the spokesman for the EU Administration in
Mostar, Dragan Gasic, Prskalo and Orucevic had cancelled their
participation because they did not want to speak in public ahead of
tomorrow's elections.
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