Erdut Agreement
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in the eastern Croatian regions. It was named after the village it was signed in, Erdut
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.
The signers were Hrvoje Šarinić
Hrvoje Šarinic
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, the former Prime Minister of the Government of Croatia
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and Milan Milanović
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, a local Serb
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politician representing the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina
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, under instructions from the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The witnesses were Peter Galbraith, the ambassador of the United States
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to Croatia at the time, and Thorvald Stoltenberg
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, the United Nations
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intermediary.
The territory of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium had previously been controlled by the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina
Republic of Serbian Krajina
The Republic of Serbian Krajina was a self-proclaimed Serb entity within Croatia. Established in 1991, it was not recognized internationally. It formally existed from 1991 to 1995, having been initiated a year earlier via smaller separatist regions. The name Krajina means "frontier"...
, and before that by the SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia.
It was acknowledged by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1023
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1023
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, and it paved the way to the establishment of the United Nations Transitional Authority for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium.
At the base of this agreement was established Joint Council of Municipalities
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with a Serbian majority population.