Bosnia Herzegovina Diplomatic Recognition Yugoslavia

Bosnia-Herzegovina and the rump Yugoslavia will establish diplomatic ties even as Balkan leaders sign a peace treaty aimed at ending Bosnia's nearly 4-year-old ethnic war, chief U.S mediator Richard Holbrooke said Wednesday. The foreign ministers of the two republics will exchange letters of recognition before the agreement to end the war is signed today in a glittering ceremony at Elysee Palace.

Bosnia-Herzegovina and the rump Yugoslavia will establish diplomatic ties even as Balkan leaders sign a peace treaty aimed at ending Bosnia's nearly 4-year-old ethnic war, chief U.S mediator Richard Holbrooke said Wednesday. The foreign ministers of the two republics will exchange letters of recognition before the agreement to end the war is signed today in a glittering ceremony at Elysee Palace.

With U.S.-sponsored peace talks approaching, Bosnia and Serb-dominated Yugoslavia agreed Wednesday to open liaison offices in each other's capitals in a first step toward diplomatic recognition between the two bitter enemies. But another day's negotiations in the Balkans produced little else and dramatized the differences that complicate efforts to reach a settlement, diplomats said.

With U.S.-sponsored peace talks approaching, Bosnia and Serb-dominated Yugoslavia agreed Wednesday to open liaison offices in each other's capitals in a first step toward diplomatic recognition between the two bitter enemies. But another day's negotiations in the Balkans produced little else and dramatized the differences that complicate efforts to reach a settlement, diplomats said.