Serbian, Croatian Leaders Vague on New Bosnia Map
The presidents of Serbia and Croatia on Wednesday unveiled their plans to end ethnic war in Bosnia-Herzegovina by dividing their Balkan neighbor into mini-states for its Muslims, Serbs and Croats.
The two leaders, Slobodan Milosevic and Franjo Tudjman, respectively, unveiled their ideas at a meeting with international mediators. Bosnia’s Muslim president, Alija Izetbegovic, stayed away.
Although the two leaders agreed on Bosnia’s future political structure, European Community envoy Lord Owen said they proved disappointingly vague on the specific outlines of a new Bosnia map.
Meanwhile, Bosnian Radio reported a heavy artillery attack along the defense lines of the east Bosnian Muslim enclave of Gorazde, a U.N.-designated “safe area.”
The radio reported 11 killed and 57 wounded in the fighting across Bosnia in the last 24 hours.
Croatian Radio said five people were killed and three were wounded in a Muslim artillery barrage on Kresevo, west of Sarajevo.
U.N. officials said Bosnian Croat forces were pushing Muslims out of villages they held around Vares, 30 miles north of Sarajevo, and from Kiseljak, west of the capital.
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