The Washington Agreement ( Croatian : washingtonski sporazum; Bosnian : vašingtonski sporazum ) was a ceasefire agreement between the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia , signed on 18 March 1994 in Washington, D.C. It was signed by Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdžić , Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granić and President of Herzeg-Bosnia Krešimir Zubak .
3-543: The Washington Agreement was a peace agreement that led to the modern Bosnia and Herzegovina, signed in 1994. Washington Agreement or Washington Accords may also refer to: Washington Agreement Under the agreement, the combined territory held by the Croat and Bosnian (in that time Bosniak ) government forces was divided into ten autonomous cantons, establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and ending
6-531: The Croat-Bosniak War . The cantonal system was selected to prevent dominance by one ethnic group over another. The subsequently signed Washington Framework Agreement had the creation of a loose federation (or confederation ) between Croatia and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as one of its goals. War broke out between Herzeg-Bosnia, supported by Croatia, and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and
9-816: The Croatian Defence Forces . It lasted from 18 October 1992 to 23 February 1994, and is considered often as a "war within a war" as it was a part of the much larger Bosnian War. Fighting soon spread to Central Bosnia and soon Herzegovina , where most of the fighting would take place in those regions. Between 1992 and 1994, many massacres and killings would take place, such as the Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing , Trusina massacre , Ahmići massacre , Sovići and Doljani killings , Vitez massacre , Mokronoge massacre , Grabovica massacre , Uzdol massacre , Stupni Do massacre , Križančevo selo killings , Zenica massacre , Gornji Vakuf shelling , Busovača massacre , and
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