International peace envoy Carlos Westendorp (L), Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic (C) and West.....
International peace envoy Carlos Westendorp (L), Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic (C) and Westendorp's deputy Jacques Klein (R) talk to reporters during a reopening ceremony of Mahovljani airport, 25km north of Banja Luka November 18. [The ceremony was marred by neighboring Yugoslavia's decision to cancel the first scheduled flight, a Boeing 737 carrying local businessmen, illustrating how Bosnia's stronger neighbors, Yugoslavia and Croatia, continue to exert a heavy influence in Bosnia despite western efforts to enforce the 1995 peace agreement].