Word: bosnian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Friday some compliance with the agreement had begun. Journalists were taken by Bosnian Serb authorities to witness removal of three T-55 tanks, three 105-mm howitzers and several mortars, but the journalists were not allowed to see where the weapons were taken. The airport was reopened after having been shut down for five months, and the first flight in carried French Defense Minister Charles Millon with a shipment of flour. Several more aid flights arrived Saturday. At the same time, two U.N. relief convoys rumbled into Sarajevo with minimal harassment at Bosnian Serb checkpoints...
...weeks ago, the Serb, Croat and Bosnian foreign ministers agreed to peace "principles" that call for two ethnic "entities" inside Bosnia. The Serb share would be 49% of the territory, and the federation of Bosnian Muslims and Croats would get 51%. This split has been viewed by Pentagon analysts as unworkable because the Bosnian Serbs were reported to hold 70% of Bosnia's land. But the tide of war has recently been going so badly for the Serbs that the previous estimate...
Last week CIA and Defense Department experts analyzed new reconnaissance photos from satellites and spy planes and concluded that the Bosnian Serbs control only about 55% of the country, while the Muslims and Croats have 45%. As the Bosnian government offensive continues, the actual holdings may come very close to what has been agreed upon. The major outstanding territorial issues could be reduced to Sarajevo, eastern Slovenia and Gorazde...
...disengagement around Sarajevo goes according to plan, the Serb and Bosnian government generals are scheduled to meet this week with U.N. military commanders to discuss extending the cease-fire to all of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It might take some doing to persuade the Bosnians to agree to that because of their latest successes on the battlefield. But Bosnian government officials last week began a series of television appearances to urge a move away from fighting to peacemaking...
...Contact Group--the U.S., Britain, France, Germany and Russia--are not predicting that progress will be easy. The agreement on principles two weeks ago presents as many questions as it answers: What kind of constitutional arrangement can create one country that contains both a Serb republic and a Bosnian-Croatian federation...