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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Serbian and Bosnian governments hold historic joint session

The Serbian and Bosnian governments have held their first joint session in Sarajevo.

The two sides are seeking to improve relations more than two decades after the conflict during the break-up of Yugoslavia.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was quoted as saying that Serbia wished to become Bosnia's largest trading partner.

Both countries aspire to European Union membership.

The joint session was expected to see agreements signed on the protection of cultural heritage, the search for missing persons, environmental protection and telecommunications.

The two sides also discussed infrastructural and energy projects, including a Belgrade-Sarajevo railway,


Note
More than 100,000 people were killed during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, during which Serbia backed Bosnian Serbs in their effort to secede and join Serbia.

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