USA: BOSNIAN PRIME MINISTER SILAJDZIC CRITISES U.N. PEACE EFFORTS IN BOSNIA

Record ID: 350333

  • Title: USA: BOSNIAN PRIME MINISTER SILAJDZIC CRITISES U.N. PEACE EFFORTS IN BOSNIA
  • Date: 31st January 1995
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JANUARY 31, 1995) (REUTERS TELEVISION - RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV BOSNIAN PRIME MINISTER HARIS SILAJDZIC TESTIFYING AT HOUSE COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE - HELSINKI COMMISSION (2 SHOTS) 0.14 2. SV SILAJDZIC SAYING THAT ARMS EMBARGO ONLY WAY TO PEACE IN FACE OF INTERNATIONAL INACTION TOWARDS SERB
  • Embargoed: 15th February 1995 12:00
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  • Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA5Q2PI6V34LOKTI0SIR5VQUQCG
  • Story Text: Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic on Tuesday (January 31) slammed the United Nation's (U.N.) peace-making efforts in Bosnia, claiming the lifting of the U.N. imposed arms embargo was the only way to peace in his country.

    "We, unlike some voices in Washington and Europe, understand that in the absence of international will to confront Serbian aggression, ending the embargo offers the best chance for peace," Silajdzic told a congressional committee on human rights in Washington.

    "Of course we would like this to be solved without the arms embargo and without arms. We would like to rebuild our country. But we have to survive," he told members of the House of Representatives Helsinki Commission.

    Silajdzic accused the U.N. of labeling the war in Bosnia a "civil war" in order to "clear its conscience." He recommended changes in the diplomatic policy towards Bosnia and proposed the Bosnian Serbs be given no longer than 30 days to make changes to the five-nation "contact group" plan if they accept it before a May 01 deadline.

    Silajdzic also called for the "contact group" map -- which gives 51 percent of Bosnia to the Moslems and 49 percent to the Serbs -- to remain intact if bilateral agreement to any changes could not be secured.


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