Croatian president advises B. Serbs

Croatian President Stjepan Mesic says that Serbian authorities should send a message to Serbs in Bosnia their homeland is Bosnia, and Sarajevo their capital. “Bosnia-Herzegovina must stay united, for the sake of our region and Europe and that’s why nobody stands a chance in an attempt to separate a part of it. That is just an illusion that’s creating insecurities in the country and it’s taking it farther from European integrations,” Mesic told Belgrade daily Danas. Croatian president advises B. Serbs Asked to clarify his statement that Serbia's officials have "an insincere role in the events in Bosnia", the Croatian president said that Serbian authorities had confirmed that they supported the deal between the three peoples and the whole and united Bosnia-Herzegovina, but that Republic of Srpska PM Milorad Dodik "wouldn’t agree to any deal and is asking for the separation of the RS”. Mesic added that "it's a paradox" that the (former) leaders of Bosnia's Serbs are on trial at the Hague Tribunal, “while Dodik continues to carry out their policy in the RS”. “The international community is obligated to prevent anyone from carrying out a policy that breaks up Bosnia-Herzegovina,” he was quoted as saying by the newspaper. According to Mesic, Dodik’s claims that “Croats are marginalized in Bosnia-Herzegovina” only show that creation of a third entity "would suit the RS prime minister so he could completely marginalize Croats in some small entity". The post-Dayton Accord Bosnia-Herzegovina is made up of the Serb entity and the Muslim-Croat Federation. The Croatian president went on to say that he has been in favor of “a whole Bosnia-Herzegovina where the three constituent peoples would enjoy an equal position”. Mesic also explained that it was "hard for him to determine anyone’s responsibility for the current crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina" and that thus, he could not claim that Bosnian Presidency Member Haris Silajdzic was to blame. “However, I have to say that he has always been in favor of the whole Bosnia-Herzegovina,” Mesic concluded.

Croatian president advises B. Serbs

Asked to clarify his statement that Serbia's officials have "an insincere role in the events in Bosnia", the Croatian president said that Serbian authorities had confirmed that they supported the deal between the three peoples and the whole and united Bosnia-Herzegovina, but that Republic of Srpska PM Milorad Dodik "wouldn’t agree to any deal and is asking for the separation of the RS”.

Mesić added that "it's a paradox" that the (former) leaders of Bosnia's Serbs are on trial at the Hague Tribunal, “while Dodik continues to carry out their policy in the RS”.

“The international community is obligated to prevent anyone from carrying out a policy that breaks up Bosnia-Herzegovina,” he was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

According to Mesić, Dodik’s claims that “Croats are marginalized in Bosnia-Herzegovina” only show that creation of a third entity "would suit the RS prime minister so he could completely marginalize Croats in some small entity".

The post-Dayton Accord Bosnia-Herzegovina is made up of the Serb entity and the Muslim-Croat Federation.

The Croatian president went on to say that he has been in favor of “a whole Bosnia-Herzegovina where the three constituent peoples would enjoy an equal position”.

Mesić also explained that it was "hard for him to determine anyone’s responsibility for the current crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina" and that thus, he could not claim that Bosnian Presidency Member Haris Silajdžić was to blame.

“However, I have to say that he has always been in favor of the whole Bosnia-Herzegovina,” Mesić concluded.