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Tuesday, 08.06.2010.

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Top state officials travel to RS

Top Serbian and Republika Srpska (RS) officials met in Banja Luka on Tuesday behind closed doors for the third session of the Council for Cooperation.

Izvor: Tanjug

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Mark

pre 13 godina

The article notes a council session b/w Serbian President, Prime minister, health and other ministers with the RS equivalents.

What I don't understand is why does Serbian authorities meet with the BiH equivalents. Tadic says that his government supports the territorial integrity of BiH, but by meeting with RS officials, bypassing Sarajevo in the process, he is whiteanting BiH state institutions and effectively treating RS as an extension of Serbia. It is a two track policy - verbally supporting BiH but the actions undermine it.

The bluster about Serbia's territorial integrity re Kosovo must be that, unless he & his government are merely doing it for public consumption and already have conceded the loss of Kosovo.

Back to BiH, I think the problem with Dayton was that the international negotiators and Bosnjiaks viewed the entities as a stepping stone to developing functional central institutions. However the Serbs, and to a lesser extent (& later after giving Dayton a chance) the Croats, saw the entities as a defacto division with the entities naturally gravitating towards their respective neighbours. To paraphrase Drazen Budisa (Croat political leader), after all the contention about Tudjman colluding with Milosevic to divide Bosnia, it was actually the international community that did.

Ron

pre 13 godina

Ron, only if they visit it as private persons. Officially they go the way over Brussel as the central capital.
(cees, 8 June 2010 16:17)

Dutch politicians do 'direct business' with Flanders. And Wallone... So do France and Germany.
So they visit as politicians not as private persons.

And after the Belgium elections next week the biggest party in Flanders will probably NVA (New Flamish Alliance) who wants an independent Flanders in the future....

But no one cares. But when it comes to Serbia everything is a problem.

By the why: why the US and UK do have direct contact with a part of Serbia, being Kosovo?

cees

pre 13 godina

If politicians from Netherlands visit Flanders (the 'Dutch' part of Belgium) no one cares...

Ron, only if they visit it as private persons. Officially they go the way over Brussel as the central capital. I think Banja Luka isn't the capital of BiH, but Sarajevo. Providing false information to support an improper action is a bad habit.
The Serbian government pretends that they respect BiH's sovereignty, but in fact they give a damn. Speaking with just a part of a country about measures which concern this country as a whole, especially if in the past those connections were of a threatening nature, shows at least a low level of empathy on both sides of the participants.

Mikael C

pre 13 godina

"...to build a bridge over the Drina River that separates Bosnia and Serbia."
Lenard

What's wrong with building a bridge between people? At least we don't destroy them like you croats did in Mostar.

Ron

pre 13 godina

If politicians from Netherlands visit Flanders (the 'Dutch' part of Belgium) no one cares...

Flanders and Wallone have high level of autonomy. After the next elections this will only increase. More powers are transfered to the regions almost every year.

This is fine with almost everybody. Why would this be different in Bosnia?

toke

pre 13 godina

"Lenard is a trouble maker he does not tell the true history of the Former SFRJ and its state predecessors. Serbs have every right to assert their soverignty over an area which they have populated for centuries.
(Milos,"

WOW, from Belgrade to Tokyo?
http://www.russia-talk.com/history/slavs-VIII.jpg

Plus Serbien is a balto slavik language, you can repopulate were you came from at any time :D
Just dont pollute our balkans with more of your slavik myths please.

sj

pre 13 godina

(Lenard, 8 June 2010 09:51)

The Serbs have RS but what do the Croats have in Bosnia? – answer a knife in the back from the Bosniaks. They cleaning you out of that region and there is nothing you can do about it but you guys deserve it. When most critical the Croats stabbed their allies, the Bosniaks, in the back during the war, so enjoy, ha, ha.

How many PM's does Bosnia have?
(Kosova-USA, 8 June 2010 12:04)

Is this a misprint because this question has already been answered.

care

pre 13 godina

@Lenard,
Another Croat? Yugoslavia is dead & buried. So why is it that you Croatians keep hanging around? You've done enough already so if you would be so kind as to...

Milos

pre 13 godina

Lenard is a trouble maker he does not tell the true history of the Former SFRJ and its state predecessors. Serbs have every right to assert their soverignty over an area which they have populated for centuries.

Lenard

pre 13 godina

The talks will also touch on political issues related to the fact that Serbia is a guarantor of the Dayton Peace Accords, Dodik said. Their we go again with the same Serb Serbian nonsense. Did you even bother to inform the country of Bosnia i Herzegovina Government that you want to build a bridge over the Drina River that separates Bosnia and Serbia. As usual up to their old trouble making shenanigans and Serbia wants to be taken seriously in the region they wonder why they are not guess lol.

Lenard

pre 13 godina

The talks will also touch on political issues related to the fact that Serbia is a guarantor of the Dayton Peace Accords, Dodik said. Their we go again with the same Serb Serbian nonsense. Did you even bother to inform the country of Bosnia i Herzegovina Government that you want to build a bridge over the Drina River that separates Bosnia and Serbia. As usual up to their old trouble making shenanigans and Serbia wants to be taken seriously in the region they wonder why they are not guess lol.

Mikael C

pre 13 godina

"...to build a bridge over the Drina River that separates Bosnia and Serbia."
Lenard

What's wrong with building a bridge between people? At least we don't destroy them like you croats did in Mostar.

Milos

pre 13 godina

Lenard is a trouble maker he does not tell the true history of the Former SFRJ and its state predecessors. Serbs have every right to assert their soverignty over an area which they have populated for centuries.

cees

pre 13 godina

If politicians from Netherlands visit Flanders (the 'Dutch' part of Belgium) no one cares...

Ron, only if they visit it as private persons. Officially they go the way over Brussel as the central capital. I think Banja Luka isn't the capital of BiH, but Sarajevo. Providing false information to support an improper action is a bad habit.
The Serbian government pretends that they respect BiH's sovereignty, but in fact they give a damn. Speaking with just a part of a country about measures which concern this country as a whole, especially if in the past those connections were of a threatening nature, shows at least a low level of empathy on both sides of the participants.

toke

pre 13 godina

"Lenard is a trouble maker he does not tell the true history of the Former SFRJ and its state predecessors. Serbs have every right to assert their soverignty over an area which they have populated for centuries.
(Milos,"

WOW, from Belgrade to Tokyo?
http://www.russia-talk.com/history/slavs-VIII.jpg

Plus Serbien is a balto slavik language, you can repopulate were you came from at any time :D
Just dont pollute our balkans with more of your slavik myths please.

Ron

pre 13 godina

If politicians from Netherlands visit Flanders (the 'Dutch' part of Belgium) no one cares...

Flanders and Wallone have high level of autonomy. After the next elections this will only increase. More powers are transfered to the regions almost every year.

This is fine with almost everybody. Why would this be different in Bosnia?

care

pre 13 godina

@Lenard,
Another Croat? Yugoslavia is dead & buried. So why is it that you Croatians keep hanging around? You've done enough already so if you would be so kind as to...

sj

pre 13 godina

(Lenard, 8 June 2010 09:51)

The Serbs have RS but what do the Croats have in Bosnia? – answer a knife in the back from the Bosniaks. They cleaning you out of that region and there is nothing you can do about it but you guys deserve it. When most critical the Croats stabbed their allies, the Bosniaks, in the back during the war, so enjoy, ha, ha.

How many PM's does Bosnia have?
(Kosova-USA, 8 June 2010 12:04)

Is this a misprint because this question has already been answered.

Ron

pre 13 godina

Ron, only if they visit it as private persons. Officially they go the way over Brussel as the central capital.
(cees, 8 June 2010 16:17)

Dutch politicians do 'direct business' with Flanders. And Wallone... So do France and Germany.
So they visit as politicians not as private persons.

And after the Belgium elections next week the biggest party in Flanders will probably NVA (New Flamish Alliance) who wants an independent Flanders in the future....

But no one cares. But when it comes to Serbia everything is a problem.

By the why: why the US and UK do have direct contact with a part of Serbia, being Kosovo?

Mark

pre 13 godina

The article notes a council session b/w Serbian President, Prime minister, health and other ministers with the RS equivalents.

What I don't understand is why does Serbian authorities meet with the BiH equivalents. Tadic says that his government supports the territorial integrity of BiH, but by meeting with RS officials, bypassing Sarajevo in the process, he is whiteanting BiH state institutions and effectively treating RS as an extension of Serbia. It is a two track policy - verbally supporting BiH but the actions undermine it.

The bluster about Serbia's territorial integrity re Kosovo must be that, unless he & his government are merely doing it for public consumption and already have conceded the loss of Kosovo.

Back to BiH, I think the problem with Dayton was that the international negotiators and Bosnjiaks viewed the entities as a stepping stone to developing functional central institutions. However the Serbs, and to a lesser extent (& later after giving Dayton a chance) the Croats, saw the entities as a defacto division with the entities naturally gravitating towards their respective neighbours. To paraphrase Drazen Budisa (Croat political leader), after all the contention about Tudjman colluding with Milosevic to divide Bosnia, it was actually the international community that did.

Lenard

pre 13 godina

The talks will also touch on political issues related to the fact that Serbia is a guarantor of the Dayton Peace Accords, Dodik said. Their we go again with the same Serb Serbian nonsense. Did you even bother to inform the country of Bosnia i Herzegovina Government that you want to build a bridge over the Drina River that separates Bosnia and Serbia. As usual up to their old trouble making shenanigans and Serbia wants to be taken seriously in the region they wonder why they are not guess lol.

Mikael C

pre 13 godina

"...to build a bridge over the Drina River that separates Bosnia and Serbia."
Lenard

What's wrong with building a bridge between people? At least we don't destroy them like you croats did in Mostar.

Milos

pre 13 godina

Lenard is a trouble maker he does not tell the true history of the Former SFRJ and its state predecessors. Serbs have every right to assert their soverignty over an area which they have populated for centuries.

Ron

pre 13 godina

If politicians from Netherlands visit Flanders (the 'Dutch' part of Belgium) no one cares...

Flanders and Wallone have high level of autonomy. After the next elections this will only increase. More powers are transfered to the regions almost every year.

This is fine with almost everybody. Why would this be different in Bosnia?

toke

pre 13 godina

"Lenard is a trouble maker he does not tell the true history of the Former SFRJ and its state predecessors. Serbs have every right to assert their soverignty over an area which they have populated for centuries.
(Milos,"

WOW, from Belgrade to Tokyo?
http://www.russia-talk.com/history/slavs-VIII.jpg

Plus Serbien is a balto slavik language, you can repopulate were you came from at any time :D
Just dont pollute our balkans with more of your slavik myths please.

care

pre 13 godina

@Lenard,
Another Croat? Yugoslavia is dead & buried. So why is it that you Croatians keep hanging around? You've done enough already so if you would be so kind as to...

sj

pre 13 godina

(Lenard, 8 June 2010 09:51)

The Serbs have RS but what do the Croats have in Bosnia? – answer a knife in the back from the Bosniaks. They cleaning you out of that region and there is nothing you can do about it but you guys deserve it. When most critical the Croats stabbed their allies, the Bosniaks, in the back during the war, so enjoy, ha, ha.

How many PM's does Bosnia have?
(Kosova-USA, 8 June 2010 12:04)

Is this a misprint because this question has already been answered.

cees

pre 13 godina

If politicians from Netherlands visit Flanders (the 'Dutch' part of Belgium) no one cares...

Ron, only if they visit it as private persons. Officially they go the way over Brussel as the central capital. I think Banja Luka isn't the capital of BiH, but Sarajevo. Providing false information to support an improper action is a bad habit.
The Serbian government pretends that they respect BiH's sovereignty, but in fact they give a damn. Speaking with just a part of a country about measures which concern this country as a whole, especially if in the past those connections were of a threatening nature, shows at least a low level of empathy on both sides of the participants.

Ron

pre 13 godina

Ron, only if they visit it as private persons. Officially they go the way over Brussel as the central capital.
(cees, 8 June 2010 16:17)

Dutch politicians do 'direct business' with Flanders. And Wallone... So do France and Germany.
So they visit as politicians not as private persons.

And after the Belgium elections next week the biggest party in Flanders will probably NVA (New Flamish Alliance) who wants an independent Flanders in the future....

But no one cares. But when it comes to Serbia everything is a problem.

By the why: why the US and UK do have direct contact with a part of Serbia, being Kosovo?

Mark

pre 13 godina

The article notes a council session b/w Serbian President, Prime minister, health and other ministers with the RS equivalents.

What I don't understand is why does Serbian authorities meet with the BiH equivalents. Tadic says that his government supports the territorial integrity of BiH, but by meeting with RS officials, bypassing Sarajevo in the process, he is whiteanting BiH state institutions and effectively treating RS as an extension of Serbia. It is a two track policy - verbally supporting BiH but the actions undermine it.

The bluster about Serbia's territorial integrity re Kosovo must be that, unless he & his government are merely doing it for public consumption and already have conceded the loss of Kosovo.

Back to BiH, I think the problem with Dayton was that the international negotiators and Bosnjiaks viewed the entities as a stepping stone to developing functional central institutions. However the Serbs, and to a lesser extent (& later after giving Dayton a chance) the Croats, saw the entities as a defacto division with the entities naturally gravitating towards their respective neighbours. To paraphrase Drazen Budisa (Croat political leader), after all the contention about Tudjman colluding with Milosevic to divide Bosnia, it was actually the international community that did.