Bosnia Won’t Agree to Renew Cease-Fire

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The Bosnian government Thursday refused to renew a four-month truce that expires at the end of this month and accused the international community of indifference toward Bosnia’s suffering.

U.N. special envoy Yasushi Akashi met for two hours with Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic but failed to persuade him or his Serbian foes to extend the cease-fire beyond April 30 to give diplomats more time to find a negotiated settlement.

France is threatening to withdraw its large contingent of peacekeepers unless the cease-fire is extended.

Silajdzic made clear that his government is fed up with the world’s inability to find a diplomatic solution to three years of war that have left about 250,000 people dead. He repeated a demand that an international arms embargo be lifted.