Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said that Serbia respects the integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina and added that it has always had a correct attitude towards our country and the Republika Srpska entity.
“We respect the integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, I love Republika Srpska and I will not hide from anyone. We have never done anything to harm anyone in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Never with a single statement,” said Vučić.
“I came across documents prepared by two foreign services for their ministries of foreign affairs, where it is said that Serbia is a problem because it does not recognize Kosovo, it is tolerant towards the president of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, and it is a training ground from which the Russian media can turn,” said Vučić and added that in the following it is said that they must fight against it, so as not to undermine the people’s trust in Aleksandar Vučić and the current government.
Vučić stated that everything someone from abroad says and does, which is supposedly related to the elections and the state of democracy in Serbia, is in fact aimed at weakening Serbia’s position in the negotiations with Kosovo, and added that today the key question is what can do with Kosovo in such geopolitical circumstances.
“The dinar is the only legal currency in Kosovo, all others are illegal and Kosovo cannot get a permit for the euro because there is not a single document for it, Montenegro has it, but Kosovo does not and that is not legal,” said Vučić.
In Kosovo, the decree of the Central Bank of Kosovo (CBK) entered into force on Thursday, which foresees cash payments and payment transactions exclusively in euros, which increased the concern of the Serbian community because they receive salaries and pensions from Serbia in dinars, which they use for buying and selling.
The decision caused a series of reactions, and on Monday, Serbia requested an extraordinary session of the UN Security Council regarding the situation in Kosovo, because Belgrade maintains that the decision is illegal and an attempt to completely ethnically cleanse the Serbs from that area.
“I don’t believe they will approve the session,” Vučić said, and added that nine of the 15 members of the UN Security Council have recognized Kosovo’s independence, and that approval of the session requires the consent of nine members.
Vučić also said that the acquittal in the case of the murder of journalist Slavko Ćuruvija is a “terrible message for the judicial system” in that country.
The then head of the secret service, Radomir Marković, and three high-ranking officials of the service, Milan Radonjić, Ratko Romić and Miroslav Kurak, were indicted for the murder of Ćuruvija only in 2015, but the Court of Appeal assessed that there was no direct or indirect evidence that would reliably confirm the guilt of the accused.
“I think it’s a great injustice and a terribly bad thing for our country, and a terribly bad message for everyone who deals with that business in our country, a terribly bad message for our legal system,” said Vučić.
Ćuruvija, a journalist and owner of the newspapers “Dnevni telegraf” and “Europljanin”, was killed by multiple shots on April 11, 1999. The assassination was committed at a time when the current president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, was at the head of the Ministry of Information, Fena news agency writes.
