Kostunica in historic visit to Sarajevo
2001 — Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica arrived in Sarajevo on the first official visit by a Yugoslav leader to the Bosnian capital since it was torn apart by war in 1992. Kostunica was met by Bosnian Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlic and other officials at Sarajevo airport.
He then drove to the city centre down a road known during the conflict as “Snipers Alley” and lined with buildings still damaged by shelling from Bosnian Serb forces who besieged the city throughout the war. Kostunica has said he hopes his visit will help restore trust between Bosnia and Yugoslavia, whose previous president, Slobodan Milosevic, is widely accused of sponsoring the Serb separatists with the aim of carving out a “Greater Serbia”.
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