We are satisfied that the voting was held in a peaceful environment. We praise the work of the country’s Central Election Commission, which held the elections in accordance with democratic standards, said the Russian Federation Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, commenting the recently held general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We hope the new representative and executive branches of government will be formed soon in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its cantons in the interests of the positive development of stabilization processes and social and economic stability in the region.
We confirm the Russian Federation’s principal intention to assist the scrupulous implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina of 1995 (Dayton Agreement), as well as the respect for the powers of the two entities established by the agreement and the equal rights of the three constituent peoples: Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats.
We note that the high level of the organization of the elections again showed the need to revoke the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which Russia has repeatedly spoken about, and to give the responsibility to the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We are open to a mutually beneficial dialogue with our Bosnia and Herzegovina partners in the political, investment, economic and cultural areas.
We believe that the further development of Russia’s relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and its entities will facilitate the improvement of the living standards in the two countries and their mutual cultural and religious enrichment, as well as improve peace and security in the Balkans, it is said in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
(Source: fena)
