Religious institutions in the former Yugoslav countries should support RECOM initiative to establish the regional truth commission, a round table concluded.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina is the fourth country in the region with which Montenegro has signed an extradition agreement.
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Kosovo and Montenegro have started consultations aimed at signing the international agreement on border demarcation, a legacy of the breakup of the former Yugoslavia.
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Following a RECOM publicity campaign, in which postcards were sent to Balkan presidents, the Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov has held a meeting with a leading RECOM advocate.
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To get the backing of younger people for the creation of a regional truth commission, RECOM advocates in the Western Balkan countries have taken a petition out onto the streets of their capitals.
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The Croatian president, Ivo Josipovic, and the former Serbian president, Boris Tadic, have warned of a worsening political situation in the region after receiving a European medal for tolerance.
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During his visit to the Bosnian capital, the Chief Prosecutor of the Hague Tribunal, ICTY, Serge Brammertz, has said that the regional cooperation must be improved.
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More than 700 EU backed cross-regional projects aimed at helping reconciliation and improving the economy have been conducted in Serbia and neighbouring countries.
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The Balkan countries must put aside their fixation with the past, and build stronger communities, if they want peace and prosperity in the region, says a panel of experts.
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Seeking to gain support for the creation of regional truth commission, RECOM advocates are asking citizens of the capitals in the region to send postcards to their presidents.
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Post-Yugoslav countries have made significant progress compared to the 1990s, but a number of reforms still need to be implemented, international and regional leaders concluded on Belgrade’s panel discussion.
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To fight modern organized crime, the Balkan countries must work together to improve security and stability in the region, a regional security conference in Sarajevo has concluded.
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Sarajevo is hosting hundreds of religious, political and cultural leaders from more than 60 countries as part of the International Gathering for Peace.
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Patriarch Irinej, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, will participate in the international peace conference in Sarajevo, seen as the most important recent religious summit in the region.
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The chairman of the Serbian National Council in Croatia has expressed his dissatisfaction that the homes of Serb returnees to Croatia were being rebuilt slowly.
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