Bosand Herzegovina's Presidency rejects Serbian president's views on participation in EU-Western Balkans Summit

A member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Beirovi reacted to the baseless views of the President of Bosnia and Herzegovina s entity of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, on harmonizing the positions with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vu i regarding the participation of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the EU-Western Balkans Summit on December 6 in Tirana.

Beirovi pointed out that Bosnia and Herzegovina is an independent, sovereign state and a full member of the United Nations, and that representatives of lower administrative-territorial units in the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina do not have any authority in carrying out the foreign policy of the state.

He stated that the neighboring countries cannot and will never be able to decide on the foreign policy of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina stated that these matters are decided by the competent authorities of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Milorad Dodik s unfounded views and unauthorized interference in issues that are not within his competences have no legal force. Any harmonization of views between the president of the BiH entity and the president of Serbia has no impact on the decision of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The BiH Presidency made a decision by which it accepted the invitation to participate in the EU-Western Balkans Summit, and agreed who should represent Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it is pointless to even mention the entity's views in the context of participation in this summit in any format.