Bećirović: NATO must strengthen military forces in Brčko District and other parts of BiH

(Patria) - Denis Bećirović, Vice-President of the SDP, proposed a series of concrete conclusions at an extraordinary session of the SDP BiH Presidency yesterday. He is particularly pleased that, among others, the following conclusions were accepted:

"We most sincerely thank the United States of America for its continuous, friendly, and concrete military assistance to the Armed Forces of BiH. We call on other NATO member states to, following the example of the United States, concretely assist in the military equipping and training of the Armed Forces of BiH as soon as possible, so that in the coming period, this only legal armed force will be even more capable of protecting the security of all citizens and peoples, as well as the political independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

We call on the NATO alliance to strengthen its military forces in the Brčko District and other critical points in Bosnia and Herzegovina as soon as possible. It is necessary to prevent the outbreak of armed conflicts in the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region through concrete measures and actions. The state of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the biggest victim in Europe since World War II, and it is an international obligation of NATO, in accordance with Annex 1A of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to effectively protect the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the followers of ideologies and policies that committed genocide, crimes against humanity, and other crimes in the 1990s.

The Presidency of the SDP BiH strongly emphasizes its strategic commitment that the interests of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina are paramount and more important than any narrow party, group, or individual interests. In decisive moments for preserving the political independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, all ruling and opposition parties must cooperate on existential and strategic issues of preserving peace and the state.

In the event that anti-Dayton and anti-constitutional actions by the bodies of the BiH entity RS are not concretely stopped and annulled within 60 days, the leadership of the SDP BiH will form a Crisis Headquarters for action in extraordinary political circumstances," stated Bećirović.