Member of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, Ramiz Salkić, stated that the high representative’s cancellation of the visit to Banja Luka is a direct message to Milorad Dodik that he can continue with creeping separatism without any foreign intervention.
“The high representative’s cancellation of the visit to Banja Luka, where he could have requested assistance from international armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina to ensure his security, is a direct message to Milorad Dodik that he can continue with creeping separatism and that there will be no foreign intervention. This is the worst possible thing that could have happened to the high representative, to announce a visit to a city and then cancel it under pressure from local authorities.
This is a direct violation of the Dayton Peace Agreement and its implementation without obstruction throughout the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The high representative himself has contributed to this state of affairs by missing opportunities to act adequately at certain moments.
I dare to say that Dodik has informants in the immediate vicinity of the high representative or someone who is in contact with key information and actions of the high representative and the OHR, and behaves and takes steps accordingly.
This will be a great encouragement for extremely radical separatists to continue their campaign to divide Bosnia and Herzegovina and jeopardize peace and stability with unforeseeable consequences.
I call on all those who have decision-making mechanisms at various levels to bear in mind that there are tens of thousands of Bosniaks living in this entity who are discriminated against, and whose security is increasingly threatened by the recent attacks by extremists.
Our call for action by EUFOR and the OHR is not our naivety, but an obligation to remind them of their duties, as well as their mistakes today, not to allow a betrayal like their predecessors did when they allowed the genocide against Bosniaks in the UN “safe zones” by the army and parts of the police of Bosnian Serbs.
The moment and situation are very serious and require the consolidation of pro-Bosnian forces, whatever that may mean, because it is obvious that those who are currently leading the processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina are partly naive, do not perceive the processes correctly due to their desire for power, others are pushing the country towards division and conflicts, and the third are waiting for a resolution and their chance to gain control of parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Salkić emphasized.
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