Mr. Speaker, this morning, our people in Bosnia were able to contact our soldiers; the situation is calm, and I must add that the soldiers are not being mistreated.
We hope to have some resolution of this situation soon. There was a meeting this morning between Mr. Akashi, the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and the Serb leader Karadzic. I think that meeting is still going on. As soon as we have any results of that we will let members know.
I do resent somewhat the assertion of the hon. member that we are trying to minimize this. We find this situation completely unacceptable and we are very concerned.
Given the delicacy of the problem in the former Yugoslav republic of Bosnia it is wise for everyone to be rational at this particular stage because the lives of Canadians and others are at stake.