Tadić advises against "imposed solutions"

Boris Tadic says Serbia won't accept any imposed solution and that problems in Bosnia should be resolved through agreement between the constitutive peoples. The Serbian president spoke yesterday with the representatives of six political parties from the Republic of Srpska (RS) in Banja Luka. Tadic advises against "imposed solutions" The president lent his support to the Dayton Peace Accords, adding that he had not come to interfere in affairs in Bosnia-Herzegovina. “Serbia is a guarantor of the Dayton Accords and of Bosnia’s full territorial sovereignty and integrity, and will not change that policy. At the same time, Serbia does not accept a policy of imposed solutions, and Serbia will accept any solution that’s acceptable to the three constitutive peoples in Bosnia-Herzegovina,” he said. Speaking of International High Representative Valentin Inzko’s decision to rescind the RS assembly’s declarations on the implications of transferring powers from the entities to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Tadic said that this had given rise to “a new situation,” from which it was necessary to emerge and begin communication and political decision-making that was legitimate and guaranteed stability and development. “Everyone who wants stability in the Western Balkans, therefore in Bosnia too, wants to avoid a situation where legitimate decisions by citizens’ representative are rescinded,” stressed the president after yesterday’s meeting. RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik told a joint press conference with Tadic that the RS respected the Dayton Accords, and that the divisive RS assembly declarations contained nothing anti-Dayton or unconstitutional. “I think this is the last time that the high representative will make such a decision with certain legitimacy,” said Dodik, adding that the Bonn Powers that Inzko had resorted to in rescinding the declarations, were a thing of the past and could no longer be used. Tadic met yesterday with the leaders of the Serb Democratic Party, the Democratic Party, the Democratic National Union, the Serb Radical Party, and the Socialist Party, and the deputy leader of the Party of Democratic Progress (PDP). PDP deputy leader Zoran Djeric said that the Serbian president had come to Banja Luka to support the Dayton Accords, of which Serbia was a guarantor. Djeric said that the era of imposed solutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina was over, and that the Office of the High Representative should be closed by the end of the year. Democratic Party leader Dragan Cavic said that Tadic’s visit had passed off with a friendly conversation and exchange of opinions, not just about Bosnia-Herzegovina, but the whole region. The representatives of the Serb parties stated that they would meet again upon RS President Rajko Kuzmanovic’s return from Russia, to discuss measures regarding the RS assembly’s declarations on the transfer of powers from entity to state level. Inzko rescinded these declarations on Saturday, terming them “anti-Dayton.” Boris Tadic, Milorad Dodik (FoNet)

Tadić advises against "imposed solutions"

The president lent his support to the Dayton Peace Accords, adding that he had not come to interfere in affairs in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

“Serbia is a guarantor of the Dayton Accords and of Bosnia’s full territorial sovereignty and integrity, and will not change that policy. At the same time, Serbia does not accept a policy of imposed solutions, and Serbia will accept any solution that’s acceptable to the three constitutive peoples in Bosnia-Herzegovina,” he said.

Speaking of International High Representative Valentin Inzko’s decision to rescind the RS assembly’s declarations on the implications of transferring powers from the entities to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Tadić said that this had given rise to “a new situation,” from which it was necessary to emerge and begin communication and political decision-making that was legitimate and guaranteed stability and development.

“Everyone who wants stability in the Western Balkans, therefore in Bosnia too, wants to avoid a situation where legitimate decisions by citizens’ representative are rescinded,” stressed the president after yesterday’s meeting.

RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik told a joint press conference with Tadić that the RS respected the Dayton Accords, and that the divisive RS assembly declarations contained nothing anti-Dayton or unconstitutional.

“I think this is the last time that the high representative will make such a decision with certain legitimacy,” said Dodik, adding that the Bonn Powers that Inzko had resorted to in rescinding the declarations, were a thing of the past and could no longer be used.

Tadić met yesterday with the leaders of the Serb Democratic Party, the Democratic Party, the Democratic National Union, the Serb Radical Party, and the Socialist Party, and the deputy leader of the Party of Democratic Progress (PDP).

PDP deputy leader Zoran Đerić said that the Serbian president had come to Banja Luka to support the Dayton Accords, of which Serbia was a guarantor.

Đerić said that the era of imposed solutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina was over, and that the Office of the High Representative should be closed by the end of the year.

Democratic Party leader Dragan Čavić said that Tadić’s visit had passed off with a friendly conversation and exchange of opinions, not just about Bosnia-Herzegovina, but the whole region.

The representatives of the Serb parties stated that they would meet again upon RS President Rajko Kuzmanović’s return from Russia, to discuss measures regarding the RS assembly’s declarations on the transfer of powers from entity to state level.

Inzko rescinded these declarations on Saturday, terming them “anti-Dayton.”