"When ministers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the then Serbia and Montenegro signed that document on 31 January 2005, the plan was to have refugee return completed by the end of 2006. Unfortunately, the implementation of the Sarajevo Declaration has not moved forward one iota," Ljajic told Beta news agency.
It is clear "that not all refugees will return to their homes, but one has to provide for their integration and exercise of rights, primarily in Croatia, where the process is blocked due to non-exercise of tenancy and labour rights," said the minister.
"We shall continue to insist on those two facts. We are ready for compromises, but we are not ready nor do we have the right to give up on that because of the large refugee population from Croatia today living in Serbia."
Ljajic said the international community was responsible in part as it initiated and participated in the passing of the Sarajevo Declaration and should therefore help in the realisation of refugee returns.