\u201cThe Dayton Agreement has not failed, it is not respected and is being violated. If it were respected, everything would be all right. In my view this initiative is well-intentioned. I think that the intention is compliance with the Dayton Agreement, which is persistently being violated by certain people and political camps, they accuse Croatia of a criminal enterprise. Of the three members of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, two have been doing so actively, namely the Croat B-H Presidency member and the Bosniak member. I don\u2019t believe that the initiative is realistic. Ultimately, it requires general consensus\u201d, the President of the Republic said in Split on commenting the initiative of the Serbian member of the B-H Presidency Milorad Dodik that the presidents of Croatia, Serbia and Turkey act as mediators in talks on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He reminded that Alija Izetbegovi\u0107 received the highest decoration from Franjo Tu\u0111man. \u201cThat was all right, then a few years later his successors and political partners were saying that we wanted to carve Bosnia and Herzegovina up. They should reach an agreement on their own, and they should especially refrain from violating the rights of the constituent peoples, primarily the Croats, whose rights are quite minor. We\u2019re not asking for anything much, just what is stipulated in Dayton. This initiative will not succeed because the other two don\u2019t want it, it\u2019s not realistic. His initiative is aimed at pointing out that the current situation in B-H is unsustainable\u201d, the President noted. Not a new Dayton, let\u2019s stick to what is written\u201d, the President stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also commented on the position and role of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Schmidt who has been criticized by some states. \u201cThere is Dayton and there is a para-Dayton that is becoming a disease, since it wasn\u2019t adopted in the same way that Dayton was, which was signed by the highest representatives of several states. Because of some frustrations it was changed in order to give power to individuals. To be concrete, to the High Representative who was mentioned in the Dayton Framework Agreement and in the annexes in one place only as a civilian implementation. That person was given huge powers\u201d, he said, and added that High Representative Schwartz is ok, but he was appointed by five states not including China and Russia, members of the Security Council. \u201cThat mandate is impossible without the Security Council in which China and Russia have a veto\u201d, he warned and asked: \u201cOn the other hand, these two from the Presidency are saying that Croatia is a criminal state, how can you live normally with such people, what kind of statement is that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked whether Croatia should accept more Afghani refugees President Milanovi\u0107 said that we have a moral obligation to save people who worked for our mission and members of their families. “Never enough humaneness, but the burden of obligation is not equal. The biggest states should do the most, there\u2019s not that many more people\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today is International Day of the Disappeared, therefore journalists asked President Milanovi\u0107 if enough is being done to find missing persons from the Homeland War. \u201cWe\u2019ve been doing a lot on our part for years, but with no results\u201d, the President replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also commented on announced amendments to the Reconstruction Law, i.e. the pace of reconstruction in the earthquake-stricken areas. \u201cIt\u2019s too slow. It is never easy and cannot be easy due to property-legal relations, but if you want something, you remove some barriers, possibly making some minor mistake or damage in the process that you later rectify. Had we managed matters in such a way we wouldn\u2019t have built many things. For example, Croatia would not have highways that were built, designed and financed in two years from Zagreb to Split. Petrinja and Glina are small towns and that should not present a major problem for the state. But nothing is happening. Unfortunately, it\u2019s going too slow and if it continues at the current pace, we will lose Petrinja. People will move away never to return. A law is adopted easily, it has to be implemented. I always recall Gunja that isn\u2019t much smaller than Glina, yet it was rebuilt in a matter of a few months\u201d, the President said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Journalists asked President Milanovi\u0107 how he sees the position of the Republic of Croatia in NATO. \u201cIn this precisely, in some type of maritime situation awareness and securing certain international regimes, free navigation which is one of the fundamental international rights on which the world rests, freedom of movement, free trade. Of course always on the basis of a resolution, in this case the UN\u201d, he said in the context of the formal send-off of the 5th<\/sup> Croatian contingent to the NATO peace support Operation Sea Guardian in the Mediterranean in which he took part in Split.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asked how he estimates the Croatian army\u2019s equipment, President Milanovi\u0107 said: \u201cThere\u2019s always a need for more \u2013 I say that now as President, as Prime Minister I couldn\u2019t say so. I always have to advocate that they be equipped as best as possible, not to get militarized as a society and as a community, but that they have a lot of equipment, what is not visible. For a ship to be built, class corvette, up to 100 m in length, which Croatia doesn\u2019t own, as a strong symbol. Croatia can afford it. It\u2019s up to me to remind the Government, but it\u2019s up to them to see, to show that they have an ear for such things, but they also have to a voice. I cannot be critical, but I can encourage\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThe Dayton Agreement has not failed, it is not respected and is being violated. If it were respected, everything would be all right. In my view this initiative is well-intentioned. I think that the intention is compliance with the Dayton Agreement, which is persistently being violated by certain people and political camps, they accuse Croatia of a criminal enterprise. Of the three members of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, two have been doing so actively, namely the Croat B-H Presidency member and the Bosniak member. I don\u2019t believe that the initiative is realistic. Ultimately, it requires general consensus\u201d, the President of the Republic said in Split.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11781,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-11785","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n