BANJA LUKA, March 9 (Hina) - Croatia and the Bosnian Serb entity on Thursday will confirm their orientation, in a joint declaration, toward enabling all who would like to return, to come back to their homes, Croatia's Foreign Minister
said after his talks with Premier of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik. I believe that today our joint statement will confirm our orientation toward ensuring the return for all who want to come back to their homes where they lived ten or more years ago, Picula said in Banja Luka on Thursday. This should make it possible for a first great way of returnees to come home since the signing of the Dayton deal, Picula said During the talks both Picula and Dodik accentuated their readiness to hold such meetings more frequently, or even regularly so that the relations can be institutionalised. "Our mutual wish is that entire area of Bosnia-Herzegovina become a reg
BANJA LUKA, March 9 (Hina) - Croatia and the Bosnian Serb entity on
Thursday will confirm their orientation, in a joint declaration,
toward enabling all who would like to return, to come back to their
homes, Croatia's Foreign Minister said after his talks with Premier
of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik.
I believe that today our joint statement will confirm our
orientation toward ensuring the return for all who want to come back
to their homes where they lived ten or more years ago, Picula said in
Banja Luka on Thursday.
This should make it possible for a first great way of returnees to
come home since the signing of the Dayton deal, Picula said
During the talks both Picula and Dodik accentuated their readiness
to hold such meetings more frequently, or even regularly so that the
relations can be institutionalised.
"Our mutual wish is that entire area of Bosnia-Herzegovina become a
region of cooperation where everybody can find possibilities for
satisfying their interests," Picula added.
In this framework the cooperation between Zagreb and Banja Luka
will be very interesting, Picula predicted adding that he and the
Bosnian Serb representatives also discussed the bilateral,
cooperation and the cooperation within the Stability Pact as well
as models for settling sensitive issues.
Picula said his country would like to take part in the privatisation
process in the Republic of Srpska in view of the fact that a some
Croatian firms have property in this Bosnian entity.
He added that at the talks he had raised the question of the missing
people whose whereabouts have been unknown since the war and that
Dodik promised him to help settle this problem.
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