Resolution 1244 and Dayton Accord
Preservation of Kosovo and Republika Srpska Top Priorities for Serbia
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Thursday that Serbia will decisively defend Resolution 1244 and the Dayton Peace Accords, since the preservation of Kosovo and Republika Srpska [Serbian republic in Bosnia-Herzegovina] were “the top-priority goals of our country and our national policy.”
“The measures of (High Representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina Miroslav) Lajcak and the Ahtisaari plan have the aim of annulling Resolution 1244 and the Dayton Agreement, so that an independence of Kosovo could be proclaimed and Republika Srpska be abolished. This is an open violation of the basic interests of the Serbian nation,” the prime minister said in a statement for the media.
Kostunica stressed that “Serbia, as a signatory of the Dayton Agreement, will give all possible support to (RS Prime Minister Milorad) Dodik and the institutions of Republika Srpska in preserving the status granted to the Serbian republic by the Dayton Accords. The preservation of Kosovo and Republika Srpska are now the top-priority goals of our country and our national policy.”
“I have informed Prime Minister Dodik that he can count on Serbia’s full support, and that together we will decisively defend both Resolution 1244 and the Dayton Peace Accords,” Kostunica said.
Lajcak’s Dictatorial Decision Leads to Abolition of Serbian Entity in Bosnia
The new High Representative for Bosnia Miroslav Lajcak imposed Friday a decision on amending the law on the Bosnian Council of Ministers, enforcing a decision that the Council of Ministers can hold a session if “a majority of its members are present.” This is effectively cutting out the participation of the representatives of the Serbian republic, since it enables the Muslim majority to impose decisions on Serbian entity in Bosnia.
Noting that it is unacceptable that Serbian entity be excluded from this majority, Republika Srpska Prime Minister Dodik explained that the Council of Ministers adopts series of decisions which are not forwarded to the Parliamentary Assembly, and that acceptance of Lajcak’s amendments would lead to Bosnia’s centralization and eventual abolition of Republika Srpska, taking away the right of the Bosnian Serbs to have a say in decisions that concern their very existence.
Komsic’s Belligerence and Primitivism Highlights the Problem
Serbian Prime Minister Media Adviser Srdjan Djuric criticized the statement of the Croat member of the Bosnian Presidency Zeljko Komsic, who threatened Serbian Premier to “keep his fingers away from Bosnia, because he could get both his fingers and his nose slapped.”
“Such primitive, boorish and belligerent statements by Komsic confirm the necessity for the most determined defense of the Dayton Agreement which guarantees the status of the separate entity and preservation of Republika Srpska,” Djuric told Beta news agency.
According to Djuric, as one of the guarantors of the Dayton Accord, Serbia has an obligation to ensure its implementation.
“Therefore, Serbian government fully supports Republika Srpska Premier Dodik to ensure the status of the Serbian entity is in compliance with the Dayton Agreement,” Djuric said. He added that “Komsic’s primitive vocabulary only deepens the crises created by Lajcak’s dictate.”