ONE DIFFICULTY encountered by campaigners in support of a multi-ethnic Bosnia is the apparent insistence of the British media on referring to all "Muslims'. Bosnians as even if they point out that they are Serbs or Croats.
A definitive response to chis distortion of the conflict The was provoca by tie feccat ViSto conete ante delegation representing the Serb Civic Council of Bosnia.
This delegation, which went almost unremaraca Dy the media, included many senior political, military, diplomatic and academic figures. dent Mirko Pejanovic, the native to the Pale regime and Karadzic, as symbols of violence, evil and the expulsion of Bosniacs and Croats from The SCC issued a statement on the latest "peace the armas cmoarto would only be possible on the basis of a democratic and sovereign Bosnia-Herzegovina. with equality of all of its peo. all refugees to return home. and the punishment of all war criminais.
Ata press conference, serera. delegation members expressed reservations about the agreement. Pejanovic wonaerco. Arc we now 1accc the war had been 95per cent with an ethnic partition of Muslim, but 10-20 per cent in Bosnia-Herzegovina by the other areas. There were not back door?", and insisted that enough Serb officers, particuany agreement must involve a larly in command of non-Serb constitutional settlement troops, and he had raised this guarantecing Bosnia's sur- problem with President Izetvival as a multi-ethnic state.
DCKOVIC Another delegate, Bosnian Like other delegates, denuty Chief-of-Staff Gen Diviak insisted that the coveral Jovan Divjak, claimed crimem should bol agroc to that neither the Croatian re- an exchange of territories. occupation of Krajina nor the This would reduce the numNATO bombing had shifted ber of Serbs and Croats in arCaS Koveramens majority of Serb cicansing 20-30,000 men with 40 canks According to Stjepan Klju- were now in central Bosnia. jic, a member of the Croat NaNATO bombing had not de- tional Council of Hosnia siroyco te main stralega tar trayching witt te acigation. gets, and there had been no "No-one has the right to maconsultation with the Bosnian nipulate and trade territories. anky regadng urgets ce oo- There is no Hosnia HerzeDiyak poinico out thal ples, and there is no sense in Lice was no balance ol calking of exchanges". Kijuforces: the Bosnian army had jic also stated that the return 60 tanks compared to the Pale of all refugees, including Kraregime's 400; 400 pieces of jina Serbs, was a condition for heavy artillery against 2000; peace. and 4 helicopters against 40. The delegation, which inHe repeated that the only way cluded supporters of several to achieve balance was to lift partics in Bosnia, was on an dia sons visitane Divjak made an appeal to travelled with Bosnian amche British media to stop re- bassador Muhammad ferring to the 'Bosnian Mus. Filipovic. Although they exlim army'. He was proud to be pressed some reservations about the 'peace plan' and the army in a multi-ethnic state. Bosnian government's ability The army, which was based to withstand US pressure. on regional units, had propor- they were unlikely to atlack tionate numbers of Serbs. the goverment's line.
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