Zulfikarpašić–Karadžić agreement

In June 1991, representatives of Bosnian Muslims (Party of Democratic Action, SDA) and Bosnian Serbs (Serb Democratic Party, SDS) met to discuss the future status of SR Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav crisis.

Muslim-Serbian agreement[a]
TypePolitical
ContextBreakup of Yugoslavia
DraftedJune 1991
Negotiators
PartiesSocialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Muslims (Party of Democratic Action, SDA)
Bosnian Serbs (Serb Democratic Party, SDS)

On behalf of SDA president Alija Izetbegović, Adil Zulfikarpašić and Muhamed Filipović met with SDS president Radovan Karadžić, Nikola Koljević and Momčilo Krajišnik. The two sides reached an agreement that Bosnia and Herzegovina was to remain sovereign and undivided, remaining in a Yugoslav confederation with Serbia and Montenegro. The Muslim Bosniak-inhabited area of Sandžak in SR Serbia was to become autonomous, while SAO Krajina and SAO Bosanska Krajina were to abandon their unification plan. Zulfikarpašić received the consent of Serbian President Slobodan Milošević, who also promised 60% of Sandžak to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Izetbegović, who initially supported it, later abandoned the agreement.

The inability to find a solution diplomatically eventually led to the outbreak of the Bosnian War some 10 months later. Following the signing of the Dayton Agreement which ended the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina became an internationally recognized independent federation with several entities.

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    Also known as "Serb-Muslim agreement",[1] "Muslim-Serb agreement",[2] "Muslim-Serbian agreement",[3][4] etc.

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  1. ^ Janusz Bugajski (1994). Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe: A Guide to Nationality Policies, Organizations, and Parties. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-1-56324-282-3.
  2. ^ Bruce W. Jentleson; Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict (2000). Opportunities Missed, Opportunities Seized: Preventive Diplomacy in the Post-Cold War World. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 170–. ISBN 978-0-8476-8559-2.
  3. ^ JPRS Report: East Europe. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1991. p. 32.
  4. ^ Susan L. Woodward (1 April 1995). Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution after the Cold War. Brookings Institution. p. 465. ISBN 978-0-8157-2295-3. Muslim-Serbian Agreement [between Adil Zulfikarpašić and Radovan Karadžić].

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