Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has said that relations between Belgrade and Sarajevo are “good” while their improvement “is expected.”
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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