SARAJEVO, May 16 (Hina) - The chairman of the Bosnian Council of Ministers, Adnan Terzic, has said his government might impose stricter control for Croatian citizens entering Bosnia-Herzegovina in response to the recent decision of
Croatian authorities that tourists entering Croatia must have 100 euros for each day of their sojourn.
SARAJEVO, May 16 (Hina) - The chairman of the Bosnian Council of
Ministers, Adnan Terzic, has said his government might impose stricter
control for Croatian citizens entering Bosnia-Herzegovina in response
to the recent decision of Croatian authorities that tourists entering
Croatia must have 100 euros for each day of their sojourn.#L#
The Sarajevo-based Dnevni Avaz daily quoted Terzic on Sunday as saying
the Bosnian Council of Ministers might now adopt a decision under
which Croatian citizens entering Bosnia must have 500 euros for each
day of their sojourn.
Terzic said the authorities in Sarajevo had not received any official
notification from Croatia as to the contentious decision, and that
concrete steps might be considered only after the official note was
received.
He announced that at his next meeting with Croatian Prime Minister Ivo
Sanader, expected to take place in mid-June, he would ask for more
information about the decision.
Croatian diplomats in Bosnia, including Ambassador Josip Vrbosic, last
week said on a number of occasions that the Croatian government's
decision under which tourists must have 100 euros for every day of
their stay in the country was not discriminating against Bosnian
citizens.
Vrbosic said a previous decision which stipulated tourists must have
175 euros per day was virtually not applied for Bosnian citizens.
The latest decision is in effect an instruction to border police as to
how to act when it is estimated that a foreigner entering the country
will not be able to finance his or her stay.
Asked for a comment of this explanation, Terzic noted sarcastically
that Bosnian citizens had never travelled to Croatia with empty
pockets.
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