The general framework agreement with 11 annexes was officially signed in Paris on 14 December by the parties and witnesses of President Clinton, French President Jacques Chirac, British Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. The agreement called on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to commit themselves to full respect for the sovereign equality of others and to the settlement of disputes by peaceful means. In addition, the parties agreed to fully respect human rights and the rights of refugees and displaced persons. Finally, the parties agreed to cooperate fully with all entities, including those authorized by the United Nations Security Council, in the implementation of the peace settlement and in the investigation and prosecution of war crimes and other violations of international humanitarian law. « It is known that Serbia and Croatia still have a number of outstanding issues and the agreement gives impetus for better cooperation, » he said after the signing ceremony in the Croatian capital Zagreb. « The view on the agreement that ended the war is different not only in Serbia or Croatia, but also in Bosnia and Herzegovina, » Kozul added. « Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks, they see all the Dayton Accords in Bosnia differently. The Serbian side wants to bring it back to its roots, while others think it needs to evolve. « Although the Bosnian state is not fully functional, the dissolution of the agreement could lead to the disintegration of Bosnia and Herzegovina, » he added. « `Dayton Bosnia` has shown great resilience and ability to survive, so its future should not be in question. The agreement is known as the Dayton Agreement because the negotiations took place at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. The trial was led by Richard Holbrooke, the U.S.`s top peace negotiator, and Secretary of State Warren Christopher. A state secretary at the Serbian Foreign Ministry, Nemanja Stevanović, said in a recent interview with the Serbian news agency Tanjug that the biggest obstacle to the agreement is two river islands on the Danube – the islands of Šarengrad and Vukovar – and that Zagreb insists on a solution contrary to international law.

Even current President Aleksandar Vučić, who was a far-right nationalist in the nineties, has changed his mind and no longer calls the deal a « betrayal. » The United States recognized the Kingdom of Serbia as a sovereign nation on October 14, 1881, with the signing of consular and trade agreements between the two nations. ZAGREB, 21 February 2019 – One year after Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and her Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić met in Zagreb and agreed that the two countries should try to: To reach an agreement on the border within the next two years, there is still no agreement between Croatia and Serbia on this issue, their positions on the border on the Danube being the furthest away. Goran Tepšić, an assistant professor at belgrade`s Faculty of Political Science, told Euronews that the dissolution of the agreement could lead to massive changes in the region`s security. But Stjepan Sucic, deputy minister of missing persons at Croatia`s Ministry of Veterans Affairs, warned that the previous agreement had not brought the expected progress. Peace has endured since the signing of the Dayton Agreement. Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement remains the Constitution for Bosnia and Herzegovina and remains the basis of Bosnia and Herzegovina`s current political divisions and governmental structure. The agreement also laid the groundwork for NATO military action in Kosovo in 1999, which has since led to the province`s independence. Serbian leader Milošević was arrested for war crimes and died of natural causes during his trial in 2006. Croatia and Serbia have concluded a historic military cooperation agreement. The agreement is part of efforts to normalise relations between the two former enemies and is seen as a step forward for their applications for EU membership.

The war in Croatia lasted until January 1992, when an unconditional ceasefire established a restless peace between the Croatian government and ethnic Serbs. The war between Croats and Bosniaks ended with the signing of the Washington Agreement in March 1994 and formed an uncomfortable alliance known as the Bosnian-Croatian Federation. Meanwhile, fighting continued between Bosnian Croat forces and Serbs, despite international efforts to achieve a permanent ceasefire, including a no-fly zone, a fire-free zone around Sarajevo and humanitarian operations. In February 1994, during NATO`s first use of force, NATO fighters shot down four Serbian planes that violated the no-fly zone. Later, in May 1995, NATO carried out airstrikes on the Serbian stronghold of Pale. « The agreement is important because of possible cooperation from our military industries, which are completely complementary. It is possible that they will appear together in foreign markets, » he said. « This pre-war nationalist mantra is still very much alive, » he said. « Corruption in the three countries that signed the treaty is destroying these countries and it is easier to focus on ethnic divisions and the agreement itself than to solve these problems. » The Bosnian Council of Ministers on Tuesday in Sarajevo signed separate agreements with the Serbian and Croatian governments on working rules and procedures as part of a protocol aimed at making the search for thousands of people missing from the wars of the 1990s more effective. According to officials in Belgrade, Croatia and Serbia, although there has been some progress at the land border, are still miles away from an agreement on the border on the Danube. Dayton Agreement, peace agreement, which was signed on 21 September.

In November 1995, the Presidents of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia ended the war in Bosnia and outlined a comprehensive framework agreement for peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He preserved Bosnia as a single state consisting of two parts, the Bosnian Croat Federation and the Republika Srpska, leaving Sarajevo as the undivided capital. .