Bosnia - Karadzic Demands Viable Serb State

Описание: (15 Aug 1995) T/I: 10:04:35 10:11:23
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Monday (14/8) welcomed the
US-Russian peace initiative and said "any conference is better
than none". He said, "we will take part in any conference. We do
not accept the Bosnian state. We want our own state based on the
right of self-determintaion and rights that have been extended to
Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia. We also want a viable state, to
have a Serbian territory inside and to be defensible." An
international peace plan for Bosnia, put forward last year and
rejected by the Serbs, gave Karadzic 49 percent of the former
Yugoslav republic with 51 percent reserved for the Croat-Moslem
Federation. Karadzic said he would not talk about these figures in
advance of the conference. He said setting the percentages should
be a result of the conference and not a precondition.
SHOWS:
BANJA LUKA, BOSNIA, 14/8
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's motorcade arriving
Bosnian Serb soldiers out of car
Karadzic out of car and walks to camera
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic SOT: The muslim offensive has
failed and we are successful in defending our territories but
muslims are continuing to attack and i think they are trying to
improve their own position before the conference."
Reporter asking Karadzic about percentages
Karadzic SOT: "Any conference is better than none. Talks are much
better than fights. We are ready both for defending our
territories or going to the conference. We will take part in any
conference.
Reporter asks Karadzic what would mean success to Bosnian Serbs as
result of conference
Karadzic SOT: We do not accept the Bosnian state. We want our own
state based on the right of self-determintaion and rights that
have been extended to Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia. We also
want a viable state, to have a Serbian territory inside and to be
defensible. We want a long lasting peaceful solution
Reporter asks about change to percentage of territories
Karadzic SOT: We have never accepted this percentage (of 49
between Muslims and Croats and 51 percent to Bosnian Serbs)."
Karadzic insisted he would not talk about percentages.
Percentages, he said, should be the result of the conference not a
precondition for acceptance of a plan.
Karadzic walks away and into building
exterior building
soldier standing by doorway
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