LETTER: Not all Bosnian Serbs wish to negotiate a separate republic
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Sir: We, members of the Serb Civic Council, represent the Serbs of the territories controlled by the legal authorities of the Republic of Bosnia- Herzegovina. We are convinced that we express the interests of the majority of the Serb population, both within Bosnia-Herzegovina and those who are refugees abroad.
We are members of different political parties but many of us hold positions in the Bosnian government. We come from different parts of Bosnia, including Sarajevo, Tuzla and Zenica. We are convinced that, at this very critical moment, it is essential to point out that Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic can not be given the right to represent the Bosnian Serb point of view.
It is as much in the interest of Serbs as of anyone else to maintain a unified, sovereign republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina within its recognised international borders. We are fully committed to pluralist democracy and the equality of all the peoples and citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
We are particularly opposed to any division of Bosnia and above all one based on ethnic principles. The council is committed to peace in Bosnia, the return of all refugees and expelled citizens, and the punishment of war criminals.
We request that the Serb Civic Council be included as representative of the peace negotiations.
Yours faithfully,
Mirko Pejanovic
Member of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Tatjana Ljujic Mijatovic
Member of the Presidency and Ambassador to UN in Vienna
Dragoljub Stojanov
Professor, Sarajevo University
Simo Simic
Businessman
Jovan Divjak
Deputy Chief of Staff, Bosnian Army
Ing Sretko Radisic
Vice President, Zenica Town
Council
Mirjana Hadzikaric
President, County Court, Sarajevo
Mico Rakic
Ex-Ambassador of former
Yugoslavia to US
Vijka Djikic
Writer
Marko Vesovic
Writer
Nenad Jovanovic
Tuzla businessman
Serb Civic Council for the
Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina
London, W10
11 September
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