Brussels: The European Union Foreign ministers on Monday discussed ways to de-escalate tensions in Bosnia and prevent a possible breakup of the ethnically divided Balkan country since a peace deal reached 25 years ago, which is still ongoing.
“Nationalist and separatist rhetoric is on the rise in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is threatening the stability and even the integrity of the country,” said EU foreign policy chief josep borrell Said in Brussels, where he chaired a meeting of the foreign ministers of the 27-nation bloc.
“Ministers have to decide how to stop these dynamics in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to avoid that the country could fall to pieces. This is a serious situation,” he said.
The United States last month announced new sanctions against Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodi, who has been advocating for years that the Serb-run part of Bosnia should leave the rest of the country and join neighboring Serbia. Must be united.
The US accused them of “corrupt activities” that threaten to destabilize the region and undermine the US-brokered Dayton peace agreement.
Dodi says he and the Bosnian Serb are being unfairly targeted and unfairly accused of corruption.
In 1995 the agreement ended the war in Bosnia, which killed more than 100,000 people and left millions homeless.
The settlement established two separate governing entities in Bosnia – Republika Srpska, run by the Serbs of Bosnia, and another dominated by Bosniaks, an ethnic group that is predominantly Muslim, and Croats,
Both are linked by shared, state-wide institutions, and all actions at the national level require the consent of all three ethnic groups.
Most EU countries also want Dodic to be hit with sanctions, but Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia in particular are protesting and are likely to thwart any attempt to impose sanctions on him.
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schalenberg said the “announcements” Dodik and Republika Srpska They are extremely dangerous and playing with the integrity of the state and this is a taboo for us.”
He warned that Bosnia and the Balkans should not become a “playground for actors outside Europe”. Russia has especially promised support for Dodyk and his allies.
The European Union is also demanding that electoral reform be passed ahead of elections in Bosnia later this year.
What the EU wants to see, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney “A full reform package was agreed upon and implemented before the election so that we can have elections, resulting in a government that can work,” it said.
“We want to see peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and I think the reform package will certainly help to do that,” coveney told reporters.
“Nationalist and separatist rhetoric is on the rise in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is threatening the stability and even the integrity of the country,” said EU foreign policy chief josep borrell Said in Brussels, where he chaired a meeting of the foreign ministers of the 27-nation bloc.
“Ministers have to decide how to stop these dynamics in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to avoid that the country could fall to pieces. This is a serious situation,” he said.
The United States last month announced new sanctions against Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodi, who has been advocating for years that the Serb-run part of Bosnia should leave the rest of the country and join neighboring Serbia. Must be united.
The US accused them of “corrupt activities” that threaten to destabilize the region and undermine the US-brokered Dayton peace agreement.
Dodi says he and the Bosnian Serb are being unfairly targeted and unfairly accused of corruption.
In 1995 the agreement ended the war in Bosnia, which killed more than 100,000 people and left millions homeless.
The settlement established two separate governing entities in Bosnia – Republika Srpska, run by the Serbs of Bosnia, and another dominated by Bosniaks, an ethnic group that is predominantly Muslim, and Croats,
Both are linked by shared, state-wide institutions, and all actions at the national level require the consent of all three ethnic groups.
Most EU countries also want Dodic to be hit with sanctions, but Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia in particular are protesting and are likely to thwart any attempt to impose sanctions on him.
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schalenberg said the “announcements” Dodik and Republika Srpska They are extremely dangerous and playing with the integrity of the state and this is a taboo for us.”
He warned that Bosnia and the Balkans should not become a “playground for actors outside Europe”. Russia has especially promised support for Dodyk and his allies.
The European Union is also demanding that electoral reform be passed ahead of elections in Bosnia later this year.
What the EU wants to see, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney “A full reform package was agreed upon and implemented before the election so that we can have elections, resulting in a government that can work,” it said.
“We want to see peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and I think the reform package will certainly help to do that,” coveney told reporters.
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