Zulfikarpašić–Karadžić agreement

Muslim-Serbian agreement^[a]

Type	Political
Context	Breakup of Yugoslavia
Drafted	June 1991
Negotiators	Adil Zulfikarpašić Muhamed Filipović Radovan Karadžić Nikola Koljević Momčilo Krajišnik
Parties	Bosnian Muslims (Party of Democratic Action, SDA) Bosnian Serbs (Serb Democratic Party, SDS)

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.

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.

Annotations

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

See also

• Partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Peace plans proposed before and during the Bosnian War
• 1991 Sandžak autonomy referendum

References

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].

Sources

• Jasminka Udovicki; James Ridgeway (31 October 2000). Burn This House: The Making and Unmaking of Yugoslavia. Duke University Press. pp. 204–. ISBN 0-8223-2590-X.
• Charles W. Ingrao; Thomas Allan Emmert (15 September 2012). Confronting the Yugoslav Controversies: A Scholars' Initiative. Purdue University Press. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-1-55753-617-4.
• Ramet, Sabrina P. (1 January 2002). Balkan Babel: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia from the Death of Tito to the Fall of Milošević. Westview Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-8133-3987-0.
• Robert J. Donia (29 September 2014). Radovan Karadzic: Architect of the Bosnian Genocide. Cambridge University Press. pp. 80–. ISBN 978-1-107-07335-7.

External links

• Text of the Agreement (in Serbocroat)