"Bosnia more of threat than Kosovo"

The future of Bosnia poses a "more serious" threat to stability in the Balkans than Kosovo, Janez Jansa says. "Bosnia-Herzegovina is a more serious problem for the stability of the western Balkans," Jansa, the prime minister of Slovenia, which currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, said Monday in Ljubljana, according to AFP. "Bosnia more of threat than Kosovo" "For Kosovo it's clear what will happen, it's more a question of how to do it," said Jansa, hinting that independence was inevitable for the Serbian province with an ethnic Albanian majority. Since its 1992-1995 war, Bosnia has been made up of two highly autonomous halves, the Serbs' Republic of Srpska and the Muslim-Croat Federation. Each has its own government, parliament and police. "For Bosnia the question is: are the Dayton agreements working? First we have to see if the Dayton agreement works," Jansa said, referring to a deal reached on November 21, 1995, which ended the war and led to the creation of the two autonomous halves. In the long term, "it's not possible to have a state that cannot rule itself and needs international governors," Jansa added, referring to Miroslav Lajcak, who took over as high representative and EU special representative in Bosnia on July 1, 2007. Bosnia faced a deep political crisis late last year, when Prime Minister Nikola Spiric resigned on November 1 in protest at measures by Lajcak to make the country's central institutions more functional. Bosnian Serbs believe the measures would unfairly limit their rights. The crisis was resolved, however, and Spiric was reappointed to his post at the end of December.

"Bosnia more of threat than Kosovo"

"For Kosovo it's clear what will happen, it's more a question of how to do it," said Janša, hinting that independence was inevitable for the Serbian province with an ethnic Albanian majority.

Since its 1992-1995 war, Bosnia has been made up of two highly autonomous halves, the Serbs' Republic of Srpska and the Muslim-Croat Federation. Each has its own government, parliament and police.

"For Bosnia the question is: are the Dayton agreements working? First we have to see if the Dayton agreement works," Janša said, referring to a deal reached on November 21, 1995, which ended the war and led to the creation of the two autonomous halves.

In the long term, "it's not possible to have a state that cannot rule itself and needs international governors," Janša added, referring to Miroslav Lajčak, who took over as high representative and EU special representative in Bosnia on July 1, 2007.

Bosnia faced a deep political crisis late last year, when Prime Minister Nikola Špiric resigned on November 1 in protest at measures by Lajčak to make the country's central institutions more functional.

Bosnian Serbs believe the measures would unfairly limit their rights.

The crisis was resolved, however, and Špiric was reappointed to his post at the end of December.