Serbia, Croatia to cooperate on demining

Croatia and Serbia will cooperate on joint demining projects, Serbian Deputy PM Ivica Dačić and Croatia's Deputy PM Slobodan Uzelac announced Wednesday.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 23.03.2011.

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Croatia and Serbia will cooperate on joint demining projects, Serbian Deputy PM Ivica Dacic and Croatia's Deputy PM Slobodan Uzelac announced Wednesday. Dacic and Uzelac pointed out that demining centers in the two countries were already cooperating, but that there was room for improvement, especially in joint efforts to secure funds from foreign donors. Serbia, Croatia to cooperate on demining At a joint news conference in Belgrade, the two officials noted that both Serbia and Croatia still had large areas contaminated with mines, grenades and bombs, left over from the 1990s wars, World War One and Two, and the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia. Uzelac noted that Croatia had around 800 square kilometers contaminated with mines, grenades and other explosive devices, mostly in the areas to which refugees are returning. He said it was extremely important to prevent innocent "war victims after the war," and expressed satisfaction with today's meeting, adding that he and Dacic had agreed that cooperation in this area needed to improve. The Serbian deputy prime minister pointed out that Serbia and Croatia had similar problems in this area and needed to cooperate even more closely and start joint demining projects. According to him, demining centers in the two countries could present the projects to donors together - to international organizations and the EU, since demining is very expensive. Dacic repeated that Serbia had identified 290 risky sites with cluster bombs, mine fields, aerial bombs and rockets, and another "110 suspicious locations." He said that 64 aerial bombs and rockets were buried in the Sava and Danube river beds, and in the ground, while other locations were hiding another 50 suspected aerial bombs and rockets. Slobodan Uzelac and Ivica Dacic (Tanjujg)

Serbia, Croatia to cooperate on demining

At a joint news conference in Belgrade, the two officials noted that both Serbia and Croatia still had large areas contaminated with mines, grenades and bombs, left over from the 1990s wars, World War One and Two, and the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia.

Uzelac noted that Croatia had around 800 square kilometers contaminated with mines, grenades and other explosive devices, mostly in the areas to which refugees are returning.

He said it was extremely important to prevent innocent "war victims after the war," and expressed satisfaction with today's meeting, adding that he and Dačić had agreed that cooperation in this area needed to improve.

The Serbian deputy prime minister pointed out that Serbia and Croatia had similar problems in this area and needed to cooperate even more closely and start joint demining projects.

According to him, demining centers in the two countries could present the projects to donors together - to international organizations and the EU, since demining is very expensive.

Dačić repeated that Serbia had identified 290 risky sites with cluster bombs, mine fields, aerial bombs and rockets, and another "110 suspicious locations."

He said that 64 aerial bombs and rockets were buried in the Sava and Danube river beds, and in the ground, while other locations were hiding another 50 suspected aerial bombs and rockets.

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