Külügyi Szemle - A Magyar Külügyi Intézet folyóirata - 2011 (10. évfolyam)
2011 / 4. szám - MAGYAR KÜLPOLITIKA ÉS A DÉLSZLÁV VÁLSÁG - Jeszenszky Géza: Jugoszlávia felbomlása és a magyar külpolitika
Jugoszlávia felbomlása és a magyar külpolitika the crisis required a solution to the problem of the mutual national minorities living in the republics, including Kosovo. The original Carrington Plan (offering special status, i. e. autonomy for the territories inhabited mainly by a minority) was promising, but Milosevic turned it down. The Serbian government in Belgrade made many attempts to implicate Hungary as a foe of the Serbs and working for the break-up of Yugoslavia. There were frequent violations of Hungary's air-space, even a cluster-bomb was dropped on a Hungarian town, but the patience of the Hungarian government bore fruit. Serbian war crimes led to isolation, sanctions and an embargo; and these compelled Belgrade to appreciate Hungary's willingness to keep a window open to the West for Serbia. That may have averted the brutal policy of "ethnic cleansing" spreading to the Vojvodina province, the home of the Hungarian minority community. In November-December 1991 Hungarian diplomacy worked hard to convince all the parties that the only way for ending the brutal war was recognizing the independence of the republics who desired so, while providing guarantees for the rights of the minorities, including the Serbs of Croatia. The EC guided by the Badinter Commission, acted along those lines on 16 December, making the final decision by the foreign ministers on 15 January 1915. I welcomed that with an op-ed in The New York Times: "The Right Choice on Yugoslavia". 2011. tél 79
