Photo: AP/Frank FranklinIn a speech before the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Željko Komšić, said that the UN, if they want peace in the Western Balkans, must support BiH and accused Croatia and Serbia of undermining it. Croatian President Zoran Milanović, on the other hand, called for a change in the electoral law in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the recognition of Kosovo
Chairman of the BiH Presidency, Željko Komšić, said before the UN General Assembly that there will be no peace in the Western Balkans until its neighbors stop trying to divide it and make it meaningless.
Komšić accused Serbia and Croatia of persistently working on a deeper ethnic division of Bosnia and Herzegovina and thus collapsing civil and democratic principles that are the basis for the development and retention of quality people in the country, Klix.ba reports. Komšić made claims that individual members of the international community are helping Serbia and Croatia in the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
"There are different ideas, plans and intentions to change the internationally recognized borders, to reorganize the region into something that has no point of contact with democracy." For such activities and policies, neighboring countries very often have, at first glance, surprising and unexpected support from countries that we consider democratic, liberal states and societies," said Komšić.
Komšić said that the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina will not allow this and directed criticism at the account of the high representative Kristijan Šmit, saying that with his activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina he deepened the ethnic principle that has been causing problems for years.
Komšić also criticized the UN Agenda on migration management, considering that in the countries of origin and transit, they focus only on the rights of refugees, but not on the fact that refugees can be generators of change in those countries. Using the example of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Komšić explained that such management of migration affects the development of smaller states and presented that in Bosnia and Herzegovina people decide to leave their country and look for better living conditions because they are convinced of the lack of perspective.
Croatia called for the recognition of Kosovo
During his address, Croatian President Zoran Milanović made a public call for the global recognition of Kosovo's independence and the change of the electoral law in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In his speech on Wednesday, he expressed concern over the latest events in the relations between Belgrade and Pristina and called for a de-escalation of tensions, but also for the universal recognition of the Axis as a full member of the international community, Zagreb's N1 reports.
In his address, Milanović emphasized, among other things, that Croatia supports the European perspective of Bosnia and Herzegovina and that it welcomes the European Union's decision to grant it candidate status.
He emphasized the importance of electoral reforms in that country so that all the constituent peoples are represented at all levels of government, which, according to him, is crucial for the future stability of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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