BiH FM: Military Attaché of Serbia and the Advisor of the BIA Representative Have 48 Hours to Leave BiH
The foreign minister said the diplomats have 48 hours to leave and Bosnia will suspend a regional cooperation accord over Serbia’s handling of Ratko Mladić’s funeral.
- On Tuesday, Bosnia expelled two Serbian diplomats—military attache Milan Dulanovic and intelligence adviser Danko Maksimovic—giving them 48 hours to leave, while Foreign Minister Elmedin Konakovic suspended a regional cooperation accord planned for October.
- Belgrade held a lavish public funeral for former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic, who died August 27 while serving a life sentence for genocide, prompting Konakovic to state Serbia had "crossed all red lines."
- Mladic was convicted for his role in the 1995 massacre of at least 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica. Konakovic criticized Belgrade's failure to respond after supporters displayed a giant image of the general pointing "Direction Potocari" at a soccer match.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called the funeral images "shocking" on Tuesday, stating they "demonstrate a failure to confront a dark chapter in Europe's recent history" and could undermine Belgrade's EU membership plans.
- Bosnia plans to consider changing consular jurisdiction and gradually reducing staff at its embassy in Belgrade, while Konakovic will seek clarification from the European Union on its stance toward glorification of convicted war criminals.
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The funeral ceremony in Belgrade for former General Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide and war crimes, provokes a hard reaction in Sarajevo.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Elmedin Konakovic, has announced that two officials of the Serbian Embassy in Sarajevo have been declared persona non grata and must leave the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina within 48 hours. In an extraordinary press conference, the second in two days, Konakovic said that the decision was made in accordance with the regulation on declaring persona non grata. They are Milan Dulanovic…
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The Frontier PostSerbia crosses ‘red line’ as war criminal funeral sparks outrage
Bosnia’s foreign minister has expelled two Serbian diplomats following a controversial funeral for convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic, attended by several Serbian ministers. The event has strained diplomatic relations between Bosnia and Serbia.
Bosnia expels two Serbian embassy diplomats in protest over Mladic funeral
SARAJEVO, Sept 8 - Bosnia expelled two Serbian diplomats on Tuesday and suspended plans to sign a regional cooperation accord in protest over Belgrade's decision to hold a lavish public funeral for former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BiH FM: Military Attaché of Serbia and the Advisor of the BIA Representative have 48 Hours to leave BiH
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Elmedin Konaković, announced that he had declared two members of the diplomatic staff of the Serbian Embassy in Sarajevo undesirable, who were given 48 hours to leave Bosnia and Herzegovina, and that BiH was withdrawing its consent to the declaration on good neighborly relations and regional […]
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