Bećirović with Head of EU Delegation and Ambassadors on Crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Decisiveness of the International Community Needed

(Patria) - BiH Presidency Member Denis Bećirović held a meeting with the Head of the European Union Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luigi Soreca, and ambassadors of EU member states accredited to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and informed them in detail and warned them about dangerous attacks on the foundations of the Dayton Peace Agreement and the constitutional order of Bosnia and Herzegovina, by the leadership of the BiH entity RS.

The meeting was attended by diplomatic representatives of: the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of France,
the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Ireland, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Sweden, Romania, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Italy, Greece, the Slovak Republic, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Hungary, and
the Kingdom of Norway – the contact embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina with NATO.

BiH Presidency Member Denis Bećirović, among other things, emphasized that peace and stability in the country cannot be preserved without protecting the constitutional order of Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the meeting, he called for urgent and decisive action by the international community to prevent anti-Dayton and anti-constitutional activities that could have unforeseeable consequences.

In this context, he stressed the need for the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina to act in accordance with the Bonn Powers. He called on the EU to take concrete steps to preserve peace and security in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including increasing the number of EUFOR soldiers. He pointed out the importance of EUFOR effectively and
decisively implementing its mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and deploying reserve forces in key strategic areas due to the deteriorating security situation. The fundamental tasks of EUFOR are to preserve the independence, sovereignty, and state borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as continuous support for the High Representative of the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bećirović emphasized the importance of sending a message that in the event of an attempt to threaten peace and security, the state bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina, NATO, and EUFOR will respond decisively and in the necessary manner, with the aim of protecting peace and the state.

Bećirović, among other things, said that, together with BiH Presidency Member Željko Komšić, he submitted a request for an extraordinary session of the BiH Presidency to be held, in order to consider the internal political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in response to the attacks by the authorities of the RS entity on the constitutional order of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Also, BiH Presidency Member Denis Bećirović stated that today he submitted requests to the Constitutional Court of BiH for an assessment of the constitutionality of laws and other acts by which the authorities of the BiH entity RS have brutally violated the norms of the BiH Constitution.