22 minutes agoSecretary - General NATO Reaches Sarajevo
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(a year ago)North Atlantic Alliance Secretary-General Mark Rutte arrived on Monday for an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he will meet with the highest political leaders at a moment when Republika Srpska authorities, threatening secession, have attempted to stop the functioning of state justice and police institutions on the territory [...]
Currently, the meeting is under way with Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency members Zhelka Cvianovic, Denis Becirovic and Zelko Komsic, after whom a news conference for the media is scheduled.
After this meeting, Rutte will hold a meeting with Bosnia and Herzegovina Council of Ministers Chairman Boryana Christo.
In the afternoon, Rutte is expected to address students at the Sarajevo University Faculty of Political Sciences.
Secretary - General NATO has arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina following the adoption of unconstitutional laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina's Republika Srpska entity.
Earlier, the RS Assembly has adopted a law banning the activity of the State Agency for Investigation and Protection (SIPA) of BiH, Bosnia and Herzegovina's Court and Prosecutorship, as well as the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, which is responsible for the appointment of all judges and prosecutors in the country.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's Constitutional Court has taken a temporary measure and has suspended implementation of the law adopted by the RS People's Assembly on February 27th, a day after RS President Milorad Dodik was sentenced by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to one year in prison and six years of ban on the exercise of office. This is the first time that Dodik will likely face.
He was found guilty of disrespecting High Representative Christian Schmidt's decisions, and of signing the decree for announcing laws that Schmidt had earlier cancelled, with which it was aimed at obstructing the implementation of the decisions of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and High Representative on RS territory.
NATO has repeated several times that this military-political organisation supports Bosnia and Herzegovina's sovereignty and territorial integrity and that it will not allow a security vacuum or endangerment of hard-earned peace.
European Union forces (EUFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina announced 7 March that they will temporarily increase the number of their troops as a preventive measure, following increasing tensions in the country. / REL/
