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...idea was to bring the warring parties in Bosnia closer together, and with some overt stage management, the U.S. accomplished it--literally. When the foreign ministers of Bosnia, Croatia and Serb-led Yugoslavia arrived at the American mission in Geneva last Friday, they were ushered into a modest conference room and seated at a small round table that was purposely chosen by the Americans for the intimacy it would create. Things were so cramped that the ministers and their hosts sat almost knee to knee. After seven hours, they emerged with a one-page agreement on basic principles that...
...proportions may, however, be "adjusted" if the sides can agree on how to do it. In addition, each of the ethnic entities has the right to establish "special relationships" with neighboring countries. That covers Bosnia's ties to Croatia and allows for a linkage between the Bosnian Serbs and Serbia proper. What kind of links they will be will have to be thrashed out in future negotiations; they might yet lead to the creation of a Greater Serbia...
...ACCORD IN BOSNIA... Bosnia, Croatia and Yugo slavia--the latter acting for the Bosnian Serbs--reached an agreement that maintains Bosnia's territorial integrity but creates a separate Bosnian Serb state within its borders. The talks, held in Geneva, were "an important milestone in the search for peace," said U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke. Further negotiations on the deal, which gives the aggressor Serbs a full 49% of Bosnia, are to resume this week...
...Croatia has reportedly backed the overall deal, but now that the Bosnian Serbs'have been hurt militarily, Bosnia's Muslims may be less willing to accept a plan that calls for de facto partition of their country. Might this not be the time to fight on and regain lost ground? "They're going to have to swallow hard to sign up to the deal," says a Pentagon official. As encouragement, the White House wants to provide American economic incentives for the region that could total as much as $1 billion over three years, $500 million of which may be earmarked...
...army, the Bosnian Serbs made what most observers viewed as a key concession when they agreed to be represented by Serbia in peace negotiations. At week's end the U.S. announced that talks were slated to be held late this week in Geneva between the foreign ministers of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia. Nevertheless, the Bosnian Serbs rejected U.N. demands to end the siege of Sarajevo, leading to a NATO ultimatum to end the choke hold on the city or face renewed air strikes...