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Croatia and Bosnia in Tit-for-Tat Detention Mode SARAJEVO, May 30 (Reuters) - Tensions rose in Bosnia's uneasy Muslim-Croat federation on Thursday after a series of tit-for-tat detentions of soldiers. The Croatian HINA news agency said six Bosnian Croat militia officers were detained by the Muslim-led Bosnian army on Sunday and had yet to be released. Bosnian government officials said two soldiers had been "kidnapped" by the Croats and said they were suspending talks on a draft law for joint defence until the two were released, the Bosnian defence ministry said in a statement. The government soldiers were allegedly captured six days ago in the Croat-held area of Kiseljak, west of Sarajevo, the statement said. The defence ministry added that the alleged act violated the Dayton peace agreement and terms for free of movement in Bosnia. The Bosnian Croat Defence Council (HVO) denied it was holding two government soldiers and said it had searched the Kiseljak area looking for the missing men, HINA reported. Muslims and Croats began the war as allies against the Serbs but that alliance crumbled in 1993 as they fought for territory in central and southern Bosnia. The smooth functioning of the federation is one of the cornerstones of the Dayton accord which ended the 43-month old war in Bosnia.

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