Declaration
The delegation of the Republic , led by the
President of the Republic , the
delegation of the Republic leg by the
President of the Presidency of the Republic
and by the President of the Federation , after their talks in Split on July 22nd
1995, adopted a
D E C L A R A T I O N
on the implementation of the Washington Agreement, joint defense
against Serb aggression and reaching a political solution
congruent with the efforts of the international community
Confirming thier strong commitment and political will to
strengthen the cooperation and alliance of the
nations in these fateful moments for the survival of both nations,
faced with the increasing violence in the occupied territories, with the uncertainty of the peace
process and the inefficacy of the international community;
Having established that the occupying of and the attacks
on the UN "safe areas" in and the joint
operations against the UN "safe area"
, the armed provocations in other areas of and
, as well as the refusal of all peace plans by
, are part of a unified and joint
strategy of continuing aggression and attempt to maintain
occupation of territories with
the aim to create a "Great", under the leadership and with
the full responsibility of the political and army leadership of the
"FRY" (Serbia and Montenegro);
Having established that the continued aggression and
violent attempts to keep control of the occupied territories in
, as well as the inadequate results
of the peace process, command the leaders to fully examine the situation in the region from the
standpoint of safeguarding the national survival people and the territorial integrity of the Republic of
Expressing their irrevocable support to the
implementation of the Washington Agreement on the establishment on
the Federation, as well as its confederal linking to the
Convinced that such a strong, internationally
established, territorially viable, economically developed and
democratically organized Federation is an irreplaceable
governmental and political framework, the historical interest and
the safest form of security and realization of equal national,
political and other interests nations;
Convinced also that on the basis of the realization of
such a Federation nations and with the
assistance of the international community, a solution to the crisis
can be reached and the ground laid for a new, balanced regional
order as a guarantee of peace, stability, security and development;
Calling on reexamine their current
militant policy and to accept the peacefull reintegration in the
constitutional order of the Republic to accept the Contact Group plan;
Calling on the "FRY" to give up
aggression with the aim of creating a "Great ", to stop
giving military assistance to the extremists
and to agree to the mutual recognition of the within their internationally
recognized borders;
Confirming their readiness to actively contribute to the
efforts towards an urgent revival of the peace process on the basis
of acceptance of the Contact Group Plan
well as the peaceful reintegration of the temporarily occupied
territories;
Underlying in particular that any prolongation of the
existing ineffectiveness of UNPROFOR as well
as the non-application of the UNCRO mandate will lead to
the decision to call off the prolongation of their mandate
Supporting the decision to send Rapid Reaction Forces and
jointly establishing that all questions concerning their arrival,
mandate and deployment must be organized by way of a special
agreement in accordance with the sovereignty and territorial
integrity
Underlying the common viewpoint that any decision on
lifting the arms embargo must be applied simultaneously
Convinced that the "FRY" carries
a special responsibility for the continuation of the crisis and
judging that it is necessary to maintain and reinforce the United
Nations Security Council sanctions system;
Refusing ideas about renewing or creating any kind of new
state community, considering them to be parallel and
spare variations of Great hegemony, and supporting
normalization in the region on the basis on sovereignty,
independency and integrity;
Confirming their interest in the urgent implementation of
the aforementioned principles of the Declaration, agreement has
been reached on:
1. Widening and strengthening of the defense cooperation
on the basis of the Agreement on friendship and cooperation between
July 21st 1992.
In this respect, have called upon the Republic to extend
urgent military and other assistance in the defense against
aggresion, especially in the area , which the Republic of
has accepted.
Agreement has also been reached on the continuation of
cooperation and constant coordination of defense actitivies
Agreement has been reached as well on the cooperation between the
main headquarters of the Army and the joint headquarters
of the Army Defense Council
for the sake of coordination of defense activities in the areas of
command, logistics, military-industrial production, communication
systems, information and analytical needs and other areas.
2. Creation of a political-legal expert group with the
duty to urgently analyze and submit proposals for the integration
of the functions of the Republic and Federaton
3. Addressing an invitation for a meeting of the group of
22 memeber states of the "Friends of the Federation" on the highest
level, in view of urgent donations and assitance in the face of the
humanitarian and refugee catastrophe and to examine long-term joint
reconstruction and development strategies.
4. Maintaining regular and constant political
consultations aiming at the realization of the principles and
agreements of this Declaration, as well as the preparation of
legal, political and other foundations for the establishment of
confederal ties