agreement friendship cooperation bosnia croatia agreement friendship cooperation bosnia croatia signed president president july croatian wars independence yugoslavia established cooperation albeit served basis joint defense forces placed command army hoped prevent falling influence croatia serbia signed agreement president branch replaced mate blocked delivery supplies siege way proclaimed independent bosnia agreement fell apart october number events including assassination leader fall areas hands major battle broke preparation war serbs croatia proclaimed number serbian autonomous regions intent later create greater serbia serbs equipped defending territories early september october begun serbs organizing militias march distributed estimated firearms firearms croatian government began region start expecting serbs spread war helped arm community july january territory wage attacks croatia march met serbian president reportedly discuss partition november autonomous established claimed goal serve legal basis local self administration vowed respect government condition independent kind future yugoslavia december conversation leaders said perspective sovereignty prospects recommended croatian policy support sovereignty time longer suits croatia april siege began time formed controlled april organized sizable number joined led supported territorial integrity consistently created april multi ethnic army formed slightly thirds troops consisting serbs winter began leaving joining began receiving supplies croatia declared legal military force orders territorial defense command invalid considered illegal territory pressure agreement croatian government played double game military solution required bosnia ally diplomatic solution required bosnia victim party held important positions government including ministry defence despite carried separate policy refused integrated defence minister gave priority acquisition military weapons january arranged president favored unified state ousted replaced favored croatia annex inhabited parts rift existed party mixed areas central northern bosnia mayor ally said policy union croatia consistently supported urban centers lived muslims serbs thought differently war picked attacked surrounded sidelined came idea idea area northern felt survive lifted hands accepted fate promised stars sky told come place happened resulted exodus miserable refugee communities look absolutely ugly came intense pressure agree confederation croatia wanted prevent coming influence croatia serbia reconciliation serbs return refugees eastern bosnia impossible reasons opposed received ultimatum warning confederation croatian forces help defend strongholds close kilometres away aide previously croatian prime minister president self proclaimed secretly met formed agreement division agreement beginning june discussions military cooperation possible merger armies started place croatian government recommended moving headquarters closer croatia pushed reorganization effort heavily add croatian influence june july increased pressure blocking delivery arms government working united_nations shipments yugoslavia secretly bought july declared independence bosnia established president claimed power police army currency education extended grasp districts majority allowed flag currency allowed croatian official language croatian school curriculum enacted town constituted slight majority set capital mention defense territorial integrity july signed agreement friendship cooperation croatia agreement allowed cooperate opposing aggression coordinate military efforts placed command cooperation enabled transportation weapons croatia spite sanctioned arms reopening channels blocked established economic financial cultural educational scientific religious cooperation signatories stipulated hold dual citizenship croatia criticized croatian attempts claiming broader political territorial rights parts large numbers live signature vowed remain integral war ended aftermath summer started purge members time armed incidents started occur loyal government accepted staff appointed member august staff assassinated soldiers command supported split attacked near advance eastern occupation angered affirmed forces region disbanded leaving force officials suspected government involved according order kill given approved war time mayor stated records showing figures considered task need carried late september met attempted create military coordination avail october agreement collapsed croatia diverted delivery weaponry seizing significant abandoned government alliance ceased hostilities dominant croatian defense fell apart ordered withdrawal enabling serbs gain control corridor connect captured territories western eastern bosnia october town abandoned left time sustained approximately casualties troops committed battle control appeared pro quo withdrawal took place july analysis concluded direct evidence arrangements october signed cease fire exchange providing electricity strained relations escalated rapidly led armed clash forces october low scale conflicts spread region forces engaged supply route days later october result set previous day authority command dismantled new skirmish occurred town following day october captured inability forces construct cooperative defense held advantage troop size firepower staff work planning significantly superior defenders days prior major battle impending war broke pushed expelled population carrying attacking local mosque property initial reports indicated killed wounded attack subsequent reports november indicated soldiers civilians killed report prepared march revised numbers saying civilians soldiers killed troops civilians wounded
Agreement on Friendship and Cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia