Croat presidency member not in favor of Croat entity

Croat member of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Željko Komšić has stated that creation of a Croat entity will not be a solution for Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 20.04.2012.

15:42

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Croat member of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Zeljko Komsic has stated that creation of a Croat entity will not be a solution for Bosnia-Herzegovina. He added that their own entity would not provide Croats equality in the entire territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Croat presidency member not in favor of Croat entity Komsic said that a part of the people always remained some kind of minority in such situations. “A special federal unit for Croats will not save the problem. A solution to the problem, not only for the Croats but for all other people, should in fact be looked for in the opposite direction, in the direction of equality in the entire territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina, regardless of who is the ethnic majority and who is minority,” he told Banja Luka-based daily Nezavisne novine. Post-Dayton Bosnia-Herzegovina is organized into two entities - the Serb Republic (RS), and the Muslim-Croat Federation (FBiH), which is further divided into cantons. Komsic pointed out that being a member of an ethnic majority or minority must not be a deciding factor when “we talk about equality or the people and individual citizens”. Commenting on Bosnia-Herzegovina’s membership in NATO and the EU, he noted that the country was much closer to joining NATO than the EU. “Those who oppose it are actually opposing an opportunity for us to physically, as individuals, live in a safe and peaceful environment, without fear of some new ‘Balkan conflicts’,” he explained. “The stabilization brought by NATO is a precondition for further European integrations that we must use so we could improve functioning of the institutions in order to enable a better standard of living to the citizens of this country,” Komsic concluded. Zeljko Komsic (Bosnian Presidency, file) Tanjug

Croat presidency member not in favor of Croat entity

Komšić said that a part of the people always remained some kind of minority in such situations.

“A special federal unit for Croats will not save the problem. A solution to the problem, not only for the Croats but for all other people, should in fact be looked for in the opposite direction, in the direction of equality in the entire territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina, regardless of who is the ethnic majority and who is minority,” he told Banja Luka-based daily Nezavisne novine.

Post-Dayton Bosnia-Herzegovina is organized into two entities - the Serb Republic (RS), and the Muslim-Croat Federation (FBiH), which is further divided into cantons.

Komšić pointed out that being a member of an ethnic majority or minority must not be a deciding factor when “we talk about equality or the people and individual citizens”.

Commenting on Bosnia-Herzegovina’s membership in NATO and the EU, he noted that the country was much closer to joining NATO than the EU.

“Those who oppose it are actually opposing an opportunity for us to physically, as individuals, live in a safe and peaceful environment, without fear of some new ‘Balkan conflicts’,” he explained.

“The stabilization brought by NATO is a precondition for further European integrations that we must use so we could improve functioning of the institutions in order to enable a better standard of living to the citizens of this country,” Komšić concluded.

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