Flag row mars Davutoglu's visit to Bosnia's Serbian region

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had talks with Bosnian Serb officials during a weekend visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina's Serbian region to back Bosnia's unity and stability, but a row over which flags should decorate the meeting underscored the difficulties political reconciliation faces in the Balkan country. Davutoglu met with the political leaders of the Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims), Serbs and Croats on Saturday in Sarajevo, Mostar and Banja Luka, stressing in his talks that the region needs the coexistence of the three groups in Bosnia to provide the "backbone of stability in the Balkans." Disputes among Bosnia and Herzegovina's ethnic and religious groups have prevented them from forming a government since elections last October.