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...time Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman met alone, in 1991, many believe they discussed the division of Bosnia. This time, a more promising result: After a meeting Wednesday near Athens, they surprised the diplomatic community by announcing the establishment of diplomatic relations between Croatia and Serbia, which have been at war for most of this decade. "For the entire region, this is probably a good thing. The jury's still out for the federation of Bosnia and the unstable government there," says TIME's Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. "Stronger ties between Serbia and Croatia...
Threatening to bar the Serb Democratic Party, which Karadzic headed, from the election and renew international economic sanctions against Serbia, Holbrooke scored at least a half-success. Milosevic and senior Bosnian Serb leaders forced Karadzic to resign his party post and step out of public life. "We fell short of our maximum goal, which is to have Karadzic out of power and out of the country," Holbrooke said in an interview with TIME. But he emphasized that the accord will allow the elections to go forward. Karadzic and his lieutenants have agreed to the text's statement that "[Karadzic] will...
...close relationship with Milosevic." The State Department has been trying to keep Karadzic, the political leader of the Bosnian Serbs who is prevented by Dayton from running for office, from exerting his influence through loyal subordinates. Holbrooke's mission: strip Karadzic of any influence by negotiating with his protector, Serbia's Milosevic. Although NATO troops are obliged to arrest Karadzic, they are not required to seek him out. That leaves diplomacy as the only viable venue for removing him. Holbrooke's other mission is to make sure that the upcoming elections in Bosnia are held in mid-September, despite obvious...
...close relationship with Milosevic." The State Department has been trying to keep Karadzic, the political leader of the Bosnian Serbs who is prevented by Dayton from running for office, from exerting his influence through loyal subordinates. Holbrooke's mission: strip Karadzic of any influence by negotiating with his protector, Serbia's Milosevic. Although NATO troops are obliged to arrest Karadzic, they are not required to seek him out. That leaves diplomacy as the only viable venue for removing him. Holbrooke's other mission is to make sure that the upcoming elections in Bosnia are held in mid-September, despite obvious...
...close relationship with Milosevic." The State Department has been trying to keep Karadzic, the political leader of the Bosnian Serbs who is prevented by Dayton from running for office, from exerting his influence through loyal subordinates. Holbrooke's mission: strip Karadzic of any influence by negotiating with his protector, Serbia's Milosevic. Although NATO troops are obliged to arrest Karadzic, they are not required to seek him out. That leaves diplomacy as the only viable venue for removing him. Holbrooke's other mission is to make sure that the upcoming elections in Bosnia are held in mid-September, despite obvious...