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MID#4100
Dispute Number: 4100
Date(s): May 7, 1995 to November 12, 1995
Participants: 345 Yugoslavia/344 Croatia
Outcome (and Settlement): Victory for side A (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: In late 1991, with the support of Serbia, the Croatian Serbs proclaimed the
Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK). Hostilities immediately ensued, and the fighting
continued over the next several years. However, under international pressure, Serbia
cut support for the RSK in early 1995, and in early May Croatian forces recaptured
western Slavonia. The Croatian successes worried Serbia. Belgrade then moved 27
tanks to the Croatian border along the Danube to deter a Croatian attack on RSK-held
Eastern Slavonia. By August, Croatian troops recaptured the Krajina region, so only
Eastern Slavonia remained in RSK hands. The Serbs then deployed tanks and artillery
to the border between Eastern Slavonia and Croatia. On August 3, the RSK and Croa-
tia held talks in Geneva under UN mediation, and the American ambassador to Croatia
announced that Croatia had agreed to major concessions. However, two days later
Croatia renewed its attack in the Krajina and sent forces to the border with eastern
Slavonia. On August 7, Serbia again responded by sending tanks to the border with
Croatia. The renewed Croatian offensive created an estimated 150,000 Serb refugees.
On October 17, Serbia announced that it had concluded a major military exercise
on the border with eastern Slavonia. On November 1, talks opened between Croatia,
Serbia and Montenegro, and Bosnia at Dayton, Ohio. On November 12, the Croa-
tian Serbs and Croatia signed the Erdut Agreement, which established that eastern
Slavonia would be part of Croatia and called for a UN administration to handle the
transition. In December 1995 Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, and Bosnia signed the
Dayton Accords.
Coding changes: End Date changed from October 17, 1995.
MID#4230
Dispute Number: 4230
Date(s): June 27, 1997 to June 29, 1997
Participants: 344 Croatia/345 Yugoslavia
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Major-General Milivoje Petkovic announced that the Croatian army was
in a state of alert near its border with Montenegro. The alert came after it became
apparent that certain districts within Yugoslavia were in a state of alert and after some
clashes between the Montenegrin police and the Yugoslav navy.
MID#4298
Dispute Number: 4298
Date(s): August 5, 2000 to September 29, 2000
Participants: 345 Yugoslavia/2 United States of America, 344 Croatia