Agreement for Bosnian ambassador

Serbia has given its agreement for making Boris Arnaut the new Bosnian ambassador to Serbia. This statement was given at a meeting of the foreign ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Turkey held in Ankara on Tuesday. Agreement for Bosnian ambassador “Serbia gave its agreement for the new ambassador, who can take his position as soon as possible,” Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said. He added that this was a “break-through” in diplomatic relations between Sarajevo and Belgrade. Bosnian FM Sven Alkalaj said that he is pleased because of this “important development in the goal of the normalization of diplomatic relations.” He said that it is important for the whole region, not just Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. This was the fifth trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of Bosnia, Serbia and Turkey, held with the purpose of making the Balkans “a port of peace and no longer a one of conflict,” Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu said. Bosnia has not had an ambassador in Serbia since June 2007. Davutoglu said that the trilateral meetings over the last five years to change the image of the Balkans, and announced that the next meetings will be held in Sarajevo in March, and in April in Belgrade. Alkalaj said these talks will help Bosnia establish better relations with Brussels and move towards the EU more quickly. Jeremic said that these meeting represent one of the best examples of regional cooperation in the Balkans, adding that the chaotic atmosphere in the Balkans has ended. He stated that regional problems should be solved in the goal of progressing on the international scene, adding that the people of the Balkans should work together toward the future of the region. Jeremic, Davutoglu , Alkalaj (Tanjug) "I was against citizenship for Mujahidins" Borisa Arnaut stated today that he personally objected to the granting of Bosnian citizenship to Mujahidins that fought on the Muslim side in the 1992-95 war, adding that the laws and the Bosnian Constitution allowed for them to be granted citizenship. "It was not me who brought 5,000 people from all over the world to Bosnia-Herzegovina, as I was accused of doing," Arnaut, who was Bosnian assistant interior minister at the time, said in an interview for Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti. "I held the position in which I formally signed citizenships. But you must know that the granting of the Bosnian citizenship to these people was permitted by laws and the Bosnian Constitution," he added. "As to why these people came to Bosnia, you should have asked this the people who made such rules. I was personally against such a policy, that brought great damages to my family," Arnaut stressed.

Agreement for Bosnian ambassador

“Serbia gave its agreement for the new ambassador, who can take his position as soon as possible,” Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said.

He added that this was a “break-through” in diplomatic relations between Sarajevo and Belgrade.

Bosnian FM Sven Alkalaj said that he is pleased because of this “important development in the goal of the normalization of diplomatic relations.”

He said that it is important for the whole region, not just Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

This was the fifth trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of Bosnia, Serbia and Turkey, held with the purpose of making the Balkans “a port of peace and no longer a one of conflict,” Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu said.

Bosnia has not had an ambassador in Serbia since June 2007.

Davutoglu said that the trilateral meetings over the last five years to change the image of the Balkans, and announced that the next meetings will be held in Sarajevo in March, and in April in Belgrade.

Alkalaj said these talks will help Bosnia establish better relations with Brussels and move towards the EU more quickly.

Jeremić said that these meeting represent one of the best examples of regional cooperation in the Balkans, adding that the chaotic atmosphere in the Balkans has ended.

He stated that regional problems should be solved in the goal of progressing on the international scene, adding that the people of the Balkans should work together toward the future of the region.

"I was against citizenship for Mujahidins"

Boriša Arnaut stated today that he personally objected to the granting of Bosnian citizenship to Mujahidins that fought on the Muslim side in the 1992-95 war, adding that the laws and the Bosnian Constitution allowed for them to be granted citizenship.

"It was not me who brought 5,000 people from all over the world to Bosnia-Herzegovina, as I was accused of doing," Arnaut, who was Bosnian assistant interior minister at the time, said in an interview for Belgrade daily Večernje Novosti.

"I held the position in which I formally signed citizenships. But you must know that the granting of the Bosnian citizenship to these people was permitted by laws and the Bosnian Constitution," he added.

"As to why these people came to Bosnia, you should have asked this the people who made such rules. I was personally against such a policy, that brought great damages to my family," Arnaut stressed.