RS policy worries U.S.—ambassador

The U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Charles English says that the policies of the RS government are raising concern.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 13.03.2008.

10:53

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The U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Charles English says that the policies of the RS government are raising concern. Speaking of a resolution adopted by the Republic of Srpska parliament following Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence, English surmised that the resolution was full of terms such as “referendum” and “self-determination.” RS policy worries U.S.—ambassador “The United States rejects any concept of secession, because it represents anti-Dayton activities,” said English in an interview with Banja Luka daily Glas Srpske. The ambassador confirmed that the U.S. had offered technical support to parties in Bosnia-Hercegovina “that profiled themselves and said that they were social democrats.” “We felt that social democratic parties were less based on ethnic principles and less nationalist than other parties in the country. We came to the conclusion that only one of the two social democratic parties in Bosnia-Hercegovina met those conditions,” he said. The U.S. government recently decided to cease funding RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik’s Independent Social Democrat (SNSD) Party, after deeming that the party failed to meet the criteria for assistance programs to political parties that were financed by USAID, and that Dodik’s actions and statements were not in keeping with the Dayton Accords, and were not helping the country’s progress along the Euro-Atlantic path. English said that the findings of the SNSD’s recent main board meeting were full of rhetoric that was fundamentally anti-Dayton and clashed with Bosnia-Hercegovina’s interests. The ambassador said that he would support activities relating to police reform in Bosnia stemming from the Mostar Declaration, and that have been agreed on by the leaders of Bosnia-Hercegovina’s six ruling parties.

RS policy worries U.S.—ambassador

“The United States rejects any concept of secession, because it represents anti-Dayton activities,” said English in an interview with Banja Luka daily Glas Srpske.

The ambassador confirmed that the U.S. had offered technical support to parties in Bosnia-Hercegovina “that profiled themselves and said that they were social democrats.”

“We felt that social democratic parties were less based on ethnic principles and less nationalist than other parties in the country. We came to the conclusion that only one of the two social democratic parties in Bosnia-Hercegovina met those conditions,” he said.

The U.S. government recently decided to cease funding RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik’s Independent Social Democrat (SNSD) Party, after deeming that the party failed to meet the criteria for assistance programs to political parties that were financed by USAID, and that Dodik’s actions and statements were not in keeping with the Dayton Accords, and were not helping the country’s progress along the Euro-Atlantic path.

English said that the findings of the SNSD’s recent main board meeting were full of rhetoric that was fundamentally anti-Dayton and clashed with Bosnia-Hercegovina’s interests.

The ambassador said that he would support activities relating to police reform in Bosnia stemming from the Mostar Declaration, and that have been agreed on by the leaders of Bosnia-Hercegovina’s six ruling parties.

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