Speaking to the press in Sarajevo, he said the setting up of two border crossings with inspection teams, at Gradiska and Bijaca, had been agreed so far as a result of bilateral negotiations with Croatia and trilateral negotiations in which European Commission representatives had also taken part.
Dzakula said Bosnia advocated giving the same status to the Izacici-Licko Petrovo Selo border crossing and proposed setting up three more crossings at which Croatian and Bosnian phytosanitary inspections teams would operate. Bosnia and Herzegovina has proposed three such locations - Zupanja-Orasje, Gorica-Vinjani Donji, and Ivanica-Gornji Brgat.
Asked by Hina about a request to open seven border crossings, as recently stated by Bosnian Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija after talks in Croatia, Dzakula said the question should be put to Lagumdzija.
Lagumdzija said Bosnia needed three border crossings with Croatia for the export of animal products and another four for plant products, otherwise there would be "chaos" and "a trade war."
Dzakula said he represented Bosnia's official state interests. His department is actually the customs administration and he also chairs the state commission for integrated border management.
Various state agencies in charge of border security and the transport of goods and peoples signed in Sarajevo today protocols on the implementation of an integrated border management strategy.
The Croatian-Bosnian agreement on border crossings and border traffic is currently under revision because of Croatia's accession to the EU next year.
Bosnia has a similar agreement with Montenegro but not with Serbia.
According to local media, Bosnian Security Minister Sadik Ahmetovic has sent a letter to the members of the state Presidency warning that an effective border control, notably with Croatia, is in question because of the current resources and announcements of budgetary cuts for security services.
In the letter, published by Oslobodjenje daily today, Ahmetovic warns about the risk of a stronger influx of illegal immigrants which could result in the state "losing control over this burning issue."
Deputy Security Minister Mladen Cavar would not say if the ministry was indeed afraid of losing control over the borders, or confirm the media allegations. "I can only say that in such cases one can't save on elementary matters," he said today.