The Washington Agreement ( Croatian: ''washingtonski sporazum'' and Bosnian: ''vašingtonski sporazum'') was a ceasefire agreement between the

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Република Босна и Херцеговина) was a state in Southeastern Europe, existing from 1992 to 1995. It is the direct lega ...

and the

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, signed in

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on 18 March 1994 and

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. It was signed by Bosnian Prime Minister

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, Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granić and President of Herzeg-Bosnia

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. Under the agreement, the combined territory held by the

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and Bosnian government forces was divided into ten autonomous cantons, establishing the

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and ending the Croat-Bosniak War. The cantonal system was selected to prevent dominance by one ethnic group over another. The subsequently signed Washington Framework Agreement had the creation of a loose federation (or

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) between Croatia and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as one of its goals. __NOTOC__

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United States Institute of Peace: Washington AgreementUppsala Conflict Data Program: Washington Agreement
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