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...Arms Embargo to Remain
Izetbegovic excuses Clinton from his promise on the embargo...
...Serb tank that had violated the 12.5-mile exclusion zone around Sarajevo. Attempting to further isolate the Bosnian Serbs from their longtime backers in Serbia, the U.N. Security Council voted to ease minor sanctions against Serbian-dominated Yugoslavia. The move came after Serbia's President agreed to enforce an embargo on the shipment of war supplies to the Serbs in Bosnia...
...accept a peace plan. Clinton had so far used the stick of arming the Muslims to convince the Serbs to reverse their rejection of the internationally backed proposal. But the Bosnian Muslims, afraid the Serbs would launch a deadly offensive in anticipation of the lifting of the arms embargo, told Clinton "they may be interested in deferring any action on that for four to six months," the President said today. Russian President Boris Yeltsin, a Serb ally, added his two cents during his current visit to Washington, saying he would oppose Clinton's threatened action. All this pressure was probably...
...announced it will work to end the U.N. arms embargo against the Bosnian Muslims unless the Bosnian Serbs accept a Western-sponsored peace plan by Oct. 15. However, the Serbs said they would defy the ultimatum, and U.S. allies, including Russia, Britain and France, oppose lifting the embargo...