Speaking about his trip to Zagreb on Sunday where he attended the inauguration of Croatia’s new president, Vucic told the Sarajevo-based daily Daily Avaz that his attendance was “an indication of the desire to improve regional cooperation.”
“The situation is good. I do not see problems that are too big, other than what has already been present for years and decades. I see a new momentum for the future of the region,” said Vucic, according to the news agency Fena.
“I believe that everyone thinks and expects that. I think that the era of the thinking where someone expects to win or humiliate another is over. I see those times behind us,” he said.
Asked about the current cooperation between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and “resolving of outstanding issues,” Vucic said that “things could be better.”
“We have good relations and I think that they will go for the better,” he said, adding that while in Zagreb, he met with all three members of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Vucic stated that he expected to meet with the Bosniak member of the Presidency soon, whom he last saw nine months ago, which, according to him, is a long time.
Commenting on the signing of a joint statement of Bosnian leaders in favor of “reforms on the road to EU,” Vucic said that was a sovereign decision made by domestic political leaders.
“It is a sovereign decision of the representatives of all three peoples in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Whatever I told you, I’m afraid that someone could interpret it the following way: ‘There he goes, meddling in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s internal problems’,” said Vucic.
“I do not want to interfere in the internal problems of Bosnia-Herzegovina. That decision was brought by the people in Bosnia-Herzegovina. So, it is a decision of all the constituent peoples, ie Serbs, Bosniaks, and Croats. The signing of this statement is a clear answer to what the peoples of Bosnia-Herzegovina want,” he said.
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