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Muslim,
Croat and Serb political leaders in Bosnia have agreed on the formation of a
central government, ending 14 months of political crisis.
Bosnia has
not had a government since elections in October 2010.
The
agreement will allow Bosnia to press ahead with membership talks with the
European Union and Nato, and to get access to frozen international funds.
Bosnia
remains a deeply divided country after the war there in the mid-1990s, in which
around 100,000 people died.
The Dayton
Accords which ended the war created two semi-autonomous entities: the
Serb-dominated Republika Srpska and the Bosniak-Croat Federation of
Bosnia-Hercegovina.
'Spirit of
compromise'
As part of
the deal, the parties also agreed to pass a budget, averting the possibility
that state institutions could grind to a halt next year.
The EU was
"encouraged to see that the spirit of compromise has prevailed after months
of political deadlock", according to its special envoy to Bosnia, Peter
Sorensen.
Under the
deal, the prime minister will be a Bosnian Croat and the foreign minister a
Bosnian Muslim.
"Nobody
really got what he wanted, but it's good that this has come to an end,"
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik told AP.
The EU had
insisted Bosnia pass laws on holding a census and distributing state aid to
qualify as a candidate for membership.
With a new
central government, the Bosnian authorities say that could now happen as early
as next month.
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