Interview
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In an interview with “Liberation”, the head of diplomacy of Bosnia and Herzegovina castigates the secessionist projects of the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Milorad Dodik, and calls on the Europeans to react.
After repeated ranting in recent months, the political leader of the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, has carried out his threats. In December, the parliament of Republika Srpska (RS) gave the entity government six months to legally organize the departure of three crucial central institutions: the army, the judiciary and the tax authorities. In defiance of all legality because a law of an entity cannot invalidate that of the central State. This political coup is a serious step towards secession. In an interview at Releasethe Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bisera Turkovic, remarked that her country had never faced such a serious crisis since the end of the war in 1995. She called on the European Union and the High Representative international community to position itself and consider sanctions.
Is the current crisis in Bosnia, with the secessionist threats and actions of Milorad Dodik, the most serious since the 1992-1995 war? Would you even say that the peace of the Dayton accords is threatened?
Yes. In the past, we have experienced serious crises that the country has overcome thanks to its democratic institutions. However, this time we are witnessing a situation in which the Dayton peace agreement is in serious danger and in which individuals are working for the secession of part of the country. The one that was ethnically cleansed during the war, where…