Washington agreement

Bosnian President Alia Izetbegovic and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman sign an agreement on the creation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Washington Agreement is a ceasefire agreement between the self-proclaimed Croatian republic of Herceg Bosna and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the only internationally recognized state entity in the territory of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina at that time, whose government mainly consisted of ethnic Bosnians ).

The agreement was signed in Washington and Vienna on March 18, 1994 by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Silajdzic , the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia Mate Granich and the President of Herceg-Bosna Kresimir Zubak.

Under the terms of the agreement, territories held under control by Croatian and Bosnian military forces were united into the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina , which, in turn, was divided into 10 autonomous cantons . The cantonal system was chosen in order to prevent the dominance of one ethnic group over another.