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Turkey-Serbia-Bosnia and Herzegovina summit begins
KARADJORDJEVO (A.A) - 26.04.2011 - Turkey-Serbia-Bosnia and Herzegovina tripartite summit has begun in Serbia.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Serbian President Boris Tadic and Bosnia and Herzegovina's Presidency Chairman Nebojsa Radmanovic are in attendance at the summit at the presidential palace in the city of Karadjordjevo, 150 km northeast of Belgrade.
The tripartite summit aims at contributing to efforts to normalize Serbia-Bosnia and Herzegovina relations and to build confidence between the two countries.
President Gul hosted the first summit in Istanbul on April 24, 2010. The parties signed a declaration at the end of the summit and committed to protect Bosnia and Herzegovina's territorial integrity, sovereignty and its legal identity within internationally recognized borders. The summit paved the pay for the parties to put into practice some confidence-building measures. Following the Istanbul Summit, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina appointed ambassadors mutually and Serbian parliament approved the resolution condemning Srebrenica massacre in which more than 8,000 Bosnian people were killed in and around the town of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1995 by units of Serbian army under the command of General Ratko Mladic during the Bosnian War.
Today's summit in Karadjordjevo is expected to focus on additional measures to build confidence between the parties.
The leaders are expected to hold a joint news conference later in the day.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Serbian President Boris Tadic and Bosnia and Herzegovina's Presidency Chairman Nebojsa Radmanovic are in attendance at the summit at the presidential palace in the city of Karadjordjevo, 150 km northeast of Belgrade.
The tripartite summit aims at contributing to efforts to normalize Serbia-Bosnia and Herzegovina relations and to build confidence between the two countries.
President Gul hosted the first summit in Istanbul on April 24, 2010. The parties signed a declaration at the end of the summit and committed to protect Bosnia and Herzegovina's territorial integrity, sovereignty and its legal identity within internationally recognized borders. The summit paved the pay for the parties to put into practice some confidence-building measures. Following the Istanbul Summit, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina appointed ambassadors mutually and Serbian parliament approved the resolution condemning Srebrenica massacre in which more than 8,000 Bosnian people were killed in and around the town of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1995 by units of Serbian army under the command of General Ratko Mladic during the Bosnian War.
Today's summit in Karadjordjevo is expected to focus on additional measures to build confidence between the parties.
The leaders are expected to hold a joint news conference later in the day.
