RS – Israel’s trump card ahead of UN vote

Bosnia-Herzegovina is in the center of the international lobbying ahead of voting on Palestine’s membership bid in the UN on November 11.

Izvor: Blic

Thursday, 27.10.2011.

12:02

Default images

Bosnia-Herzegovina is in the center of the international lobbying ahead of voting on Palestine’s membership bid in the UN on November 11. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman arrived in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Thursday. His goal is to win over Sarajevo, while his main trump card is the Serb Republic (RS) and its President Milorad Dodik. RS – Israel’s trump card ahead of UN vote According to Israeli media, Jerusalem believes that there is a good chance that Bosnia-Herzegovina will refrain from voting “due to the specific composition of the three-member presidency”. In order to vote for the Palestinian request, all three presidency members need to agree with the proposal. Bosnia-Herzegovina will otherwise abstain from voting. Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Zeljko Komsic and Bosniak (Muslim) member Bakir Izetbegovic support the proposal but Serb member Nebojsa Radmanovic is against it. It is certain that Lieberman, who visited Bosnia in May, will rely on good relations with the RS during his meetings in Sarajevo. “Over the past two years, Lieberman has developed strong ties with the country’s Serbs. In fact, the president of the Serb RS – one of the country’s two autonomous entities, with the other being the (Muslim-Croat) Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina – visited Israel last year and promised to promote Israeli interests inside the country,” writes Jerusalem Post. Another connection between the RS and Israel is Dodik’s adviser and RS Economic Office in Israel Ariel Livne. A cornerstone for the Jewish cultural center and a synagogue was laid this year in Banja Luka as a sign of good relations. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki stressed he would do his best to get Bosnia-Herzegovina’s vote.

RS – Israel’s trump card ahead of UN vote

According to Israeli media, Jerusalem believes that there is a good chance that Bosnia-Herzegovina will refrain from voting “due to the specific composition of the three-member presidency”.

In order to vote for the Palestinian request, all three presidency members need to agree with the proposal. Bosnia-Herzegovina will otherwise abstain from voting.

Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Željko Komšić and Bosniak (Muslim) member Bakir Izetbegović support the proposal but Serb member Nebojša Radmanović is against it.

It is certain that Lieberman, who visited Bosnia in May, will rely on good relations with the RS during his meetings in Sarajevo.

“Over the past two years, Lieberman has developed strong ties with the country’s Serbs. In fact, the president of the Serb RS – one of the country’s two autonomous entities, with the other being the (Muslim-Croat) Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina – visited Israel last year and promised to promote Israeli interests inside the country,” writes Jerusalem Post.

Another connection between the RS and Israel is Dodik’s adviser and RS Economic Office in Israel Ariel Livne. A cornerstone for the Jewish cultural center and a synagogue was laid this year in Banja Luka as a sign of good relations.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki stressed he would do his best to get Bosnia-Herzegovina’s vote.

Komentari 13

Pogledaj komentare

13 Komentari

Možda vas zanima

16.700 vojnika raspoređeno: Počelo je... 4
Svet

16.700 vojnika raspoređeno: Počelo je...

Filipinske i američke trupe počele su danas vojne vežbe "Balikatan" u Filipinima, koje će trajati do 10. maja, a uključivaće i pomorske vežbe u Južnom kineskom moru, na čije teritorije polažu pravo i Kina i Filipini.

12:24

22.4.2024.

23 h

Podeli: