Based on the verdict by the Appellate Council of the Court of BiH, the stationary-communication hub “Veliki Žep” in the Municipality of Han-Pijesak must be registered as the property of the state of BiH and that request will be forwarded to the Administration for Geodetic and Property-Legal Issues of Republika Srpska.
This verdict will represent an important step that will contribute to the further process of meeting conditions for activation of the Membership Action Plan in NATO, Minister of Defense of BiH Marina Pendeš believes.
“We have owned those locations before as well and we used them for the needs of the Armed Forces. The decision by the Appellate Council of the Court of BiH is now just an opportunity to register that property at the property of the state of BiH so that when there is no need for possessing Veliki Žep anymore the Ministry of Defense of BiH can operate with that property,” Pendeš said.
Registration of military property estimated as promising on the name of the Ministry of Defense of BiH is a condition that NATO imposed for BiH in 2010 with the aim of activating the Membership Action Plan. Meeting this condition is the final step towards the membership in the Alliance. Out of 63 promising military locations, 23 are on the territory of the RS and authorites of that entity refuse to register them as the property of BiH. This verdict gives a legal basis to the Office of Attorney General of BiH to press charges regarding all other promising military locations registered as the property of the RS.
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of BiH Denis Zvizdič greeted this decision. He believes it will contributed to the acceleration of the process of activation of the MAP.
“After the adoption of the Stabilization and Association Agreement and the Decision on coordination mechanism, this decision represents an additional encouragement for the Council of Ministers of BiH and all BiH institutions for further efforts in EU and NATO integration,” Zvizdić stated.
(Source: faktor.ba)
