| “Karadžić, Holbrooke made deal” |
| 12 April 2007 | 15:50
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BANJA LUKA --
A former Republic of Srpska (RS) official has confirmed Radovan Karadžić and Richard Holbrooke made an agreement.
In an interview with Banja Luka weekly Fokus, Gojko Kličković, former RS prime minister, said that former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadžić and then U.S. Balkans envoy Richard Holbrooke signed an agreement that allegedly granted Karadžić freedom in exchange for his giving up politics and disappearing from public view.
“The agreement in question was signed on July 19, 1996, stipulating in five or six points the terms of the deal,” Kličković said.
According to him, the two met in the RS presidential headquarters located in Pale at the time. Kličković claims he was present at the meeting.
When asked to describe Karadžić’s reaction to the offer, Kličković said that Karadžić was ready even to “bury himself in the ground, if it meant the Republic of Srpska could survive.”
Kličković also said that Holbrooke persuaded Karadžić to acquiesce via Slobodan Milošević, adding he saw him last in 1997.
The U.S. State Department has on several occasions issued flat denials of any such deals.
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