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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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“We have realised that it is not enough to just wait for the Western Balkans to move closer to us. It is not enough to say that the door is open. We must also take responsibility, and support their path towards our union in any possible way... More progress has been achieved in just over a year than in over a decade. First, Bosnia and Herzegovina is now fully aligned with our foreign and security policy, which is crucial in these times of geopolitical turmoil. The country is showing that it can deliver on the membership criteria, and on its citizens' aspiration to be part of our family. The message coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina is clear. So our message must be clear too. The future of Bosnia and Herzegovina lies in our union.”

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President of the European Commission
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“Those who claim that Republika Srpska is isolated probably think that we should be sitting in [U.S. President Joe] Biden's office and watching him stumble. Let them say what they want. After Lukashenka, I will talk with Putin in two or three days, then with the president of Tatarstan [Rustam Minnikhanov].”

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Serbian member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency
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“The announcements of Dodik and Republika Srpska are extremely dangerous and playing with the integrity of the state, and this is for us a no-go. Bosnia and the Balkans must not become a playground for actors outside Europe.”

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Austrian Foreign Minister
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“The nationalist and separatist rhetoric is increasing in Bosnia and Herzegovina and jeopardising the stability and even the integrity of the country. [The] ministers will have to take a decision on how to stop these dynamics in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to avoid that the country can fall apart in pieces. This is a critical situation.”

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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
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“They [Bosnian Serbs] say it [January 9 holiday] guarantees liberty for them, and the best conditions to live in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the other hand for Bosniaks … it is the start of the war horrors that they endured during the 90s, and later on war crimes and genocide in Srebrenica.”

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Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Banja Luka, Bosnia
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“Dodik survives on conflict. He hates stability because he then has to explain why we are living like we do. Mr. Dodik plays on the emotions of his people and doesn't care about the consequences.”

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Opposition leader in Republika Srpska (Bosnia Herzegovina)
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“Orban openly and continuously advocates Islamophobic views. He sees the presence of Muslims in Europe, including Bosniaks, as a problem. It is not a challenge for the EU to integrate two million Muslims. Bosniaks in BiH [Bosnia and Herzegovina] are native European people who have always lived here. We are Europeans.”

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Bosniak Muslim member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency
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“[Having separate armies - Republika Srpska army and Bosnian army] It means conflict, war, and death. Tell us about your projections, Mr Dodik: what does the RS army represent? Do we have money for tanks, airplanes? The conditions to put up checkpoints at the entity line? Give your answers to the citizens.”

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Leader of the opposition Party of Democratic Progress (Bosnia)
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“The High Representative needs to present a plan for solving the crisis, and the US, EU Member States need to fully support him in putting that plan into practice. The important thing here is not to give in to Dodik's [Milorad Dodik] salami-slicing tactics, but to respond to any escalation with credible threat of penalties - sanctions, asset freezes, travel bans.”

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Balkans analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin
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“Empty words only encourage Dodik [Milorad Dodik] and his regime to continue with their secessionist moves. The red line is moving down all the time. What was unimaginable for anyone to say, let alone do, in 2005, is completely normal today. In other words, Dodik is doing all this because he understands that the international community is not going to react properly.”

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Head of the Bosnian Advocacy Center
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“We have to do two things - one is to ensure that BiH shares those growth parameters with the rest of the region, and the other is for Europe to recognize the economic potential that this region has. I am fully convinced that Europe will understand, within a reasonable period of time, that you need to be part of the European Union. Of course, I talked to my interlocutors about all these topics, but it is also very important to emphasize that what we need to ensure is that BiH remains united, sovereign, with preserved territorial integrity.”

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US deputy secretary of state for South Central Europe
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“Bosnia also needs a strong reaffirmation of its European future - one that puts it clearly on a path towards EU membership. Since the country applied for EU membership in 2016, there has been no momentum-generating EU decision. Now is the time for the EU to grant Bosnia a candidate status. Failure to act early and decisively could invite pernicious actors to escalate their destabilising politics. If Bosnia is pushed over the edge, it will not be only its people that will suffer the consequences, but the whole of Europe.”

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Associate professor at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Sarajevo
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“Territorial integrity and respect for the existing constitutional order, taking into account the same rights for all, are the basis for the coexistence of the people in BiH and the solution of current dilemmas. The future lies in BiH's full sovereignty and EU membership.”

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Prime Minister of Slovenia
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“It requires a security response such as reinforcing EUFOR, which is deployed to ensure a safe and secure environment but has been shrinking and below deterrent capability for more than a decade. There's more than enough weaponry, and more than enough vulnerable people to allow something very bad to happen. The potential for miscalculation among the actors who have coercive power in Bosnia is very, very high. I think it is a very legitimate fear that unless this is addressed seriously with security tools in the immediate term - within days, weeks, not months - it is ever more likely that something bad will happen that not might be planned but will lead to something that will develop a dynamic of its own.”

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Senior associate at the Democratization Policy Council, a Berlin-based think-tank
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“They are genocide survivors, mothers or seniors that live alone. I was called to meet with them and talk, but I have no words of consolation because I, myself, cannot handle what is happening in Bosnia. This is a difficult situation. There is a lot of talk, whispering and stories circulating, just like it was in the 1990s before the war broke out. Dodik [Milorad Dodik] is doing his job, he's not going back, but the international community which betrayed us in 1995 is trying to betray us again. They should have done something a long time ago … They all say: 'We're watching, we're observing, we're following' … but in reality, they've divided Bosnia.”

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President of the Mothers of Srebrenica association
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“Not all MPs are there, but I hope they will attend and take the opportunity to talk because parliament is a place for dialogue. Bosnia and Herzegovina is now in a situation where certain elected representatives are paralyzing the work of state institutions, which is not in line with the oath that everyone has taken, and politicians who do not focus on real challenges, in the long run, will not have support.”

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High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
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“I understand that 'both-sideism' is always a safe option for every diplomat, but the consequences of such an approach are well known from the 1990s. If they are not willing to react because of the people of Bosnia, they should do it at least because of the leaders in their countries who cannot afford yet another refugee crisis or a Russian-backed conflict right next to the NATO borders. Pro-Bosnian political leaders and state institutions must be prepared for dangerous scenarios.”

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Head of the Bosnian Advocacy Center
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“The RS [Republika Srpska] entity assembly has officially adopted a proposal to create its own drug procurement agency; the first of its para-state offices following Dodik's 'pull out' from BiH [Bosnia and Herzegovina] institutions. Critical that BIH authorities & international community respond credibly to this putsch. This is secession in all but name. And he's testing the waters. If Dodik and his masters in Moscow and Belgrade feel the response here is weak - which I fear it is likely to be - they're going to escalate even further.”

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Political Scientist
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“Mono-ethnic institutions like the ones Mr. Dodik plans to re-create are vehicles for genocide in the 1990s. Police, military, intelligence, and security services were at the centre of organised and systematic violence against non-Serbs. These institutions considered Bosniaks' existence an existential threat. If we fail to deter these threats, the ultimate price we will pay is another Srebrenica [genocide].”

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Director of the Srebrenica Memorial Centre
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“The agreement we have given for the defense law, the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, and the Indirect Taxation Authority will be withdrawn. We will withdraw consent for the [joint] army in a vote in the Serb-run Republika Srpska parliament.”

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Serbian member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency
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“I can say that (Slobodan) Milošević and (Franjo) Tuđman agreed 90% on BiH and we know how it ended. What is the 10% they do not agree on? It seems that BiH, even though we have thought that that time has passed, has for the third or fourth decade been the main dish on Zagreb and Belgrade's menu. That is certainly not something that is good for us in Bosnia and Herzegovina but it is not good for Zagreb or Belgrade either.”

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Chairman
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“Building bridges between people, countries, and cultures, that is so crucial for our common future. Because Bosnia and Herzegovina, and all the Western Balkans, belong in the European Union. It is in our common interest, but I also believe, it is our destiny.”

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President of the European Commission
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“I'm very happy that Matt [Palmer] is sticking around to do that part because he's got just tremendous knowledge, tremendous contacts, and a great vision for how elections in Bosnia should work.”

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US deputy secretary of state for South Central Europe
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“The mandate of Christian Schmidt is illegitimate because the principle of consensus was not respected when proposing his candidacy, nor there was the approval of the UN Security Council. A number of documents - the General Framework Agreement for Peace in BiH, UN Security Council resolutions, documents of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) and its Steering Board and, ultimately, established practice - provide for a procedure for electing a High Representative. It is precisely this procedure that our Western partners have always insisted on. And it is clear why. Each time, they had to obtain the approval of the UN Security Council so that the High Representative could use his entire arsenal of powers. As for the consensus, we remind that this procedure was followed even in regard to (former High Representative) Paddy Ashdown, whose candidacy Moscow initially did not agree with.”

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Statement by the Russian embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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“I am the man with the most reports filed against me. The other day some came to check my statement from last year that the school year would not start on the 28th but on the 2nd. Someone was insulted by it, and now, I should go to give a statement about it. People from the Prosecutor's Office came today to question me about my alleged denial of genocide. We, the Serbs, are not minions and we don't want foreigners who will decide about us. If he is here, then he cannot impose laws the way he wants. Of course, everything in the FBiH boiled down to the story about genocide, but in fact, this is about the fact that an unelected foreigner cannot impose laws, not even in keeping with the Bonn powers.”

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Serbian member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency
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“The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in BiH in its note presented a position that given that a draft resolution on appointing the high representative, sponsored by China and Russia in the UN Security Council, was not adopted, China considers the appointment of the high representative [Christian Schmidt] illegitimate.”

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Note of the Chinese embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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“That's enough, we have to stop here,' Mr Nelson [Eric Nelson], don't you think this applies to you as well? It is enough of your interference in the internal affairs of the country where you are an ambassador. Enough of your lessons for your hosts. It is enough, Mr Nelson, that you are silent when others collect weapons 'for God's sake' and when they call for some kind of revenge. I agree, Mr Nelson, that it is enough to bring us illegal international envoys, it is enough to pretend that you protect Dayton peace agreement, and you are massively violating all its provisions on a continuous basis. It is enough, Mr Nelson, to play the role of a democrat and support the long-standing practice of imposing laws, without any basis, of an unelected foreigner, whom you and your country support. It is enough, really enough! Too much.”

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Serbian member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency
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“This is the realization of the Agreement that was concluded at the end of July directly with the manufacturer Sinopharm. This Agreement has a special significance for the Federation of B&H and on that behalf, I would like to thank China and Sinopharm. Also, I would congratulate the FB&H Institute for Public Health.”

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Deputy Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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“There is absolutely no acceptable reason for glorifying convicted war criminals. My understanding is such that I'm not here to bring my own narratives … it's necessary that we see history, we respect history, especially that we respect victims. I have chosen to come here because I feel accountable, especially as a German who knows that his country contributed to many bad things in this region in the last century. I am not someone who is here for a journey or who has come here to drink coffee or wine, I am here to move certain things forward, which means I understand that task very seriously. Dayton and the Peace Agreement - I really give a recommendation to read those again. We are here to solve problems and I'm convinced that through meaningful discussions and things we can come to adequate results with all three representatives.”

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High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
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“I'm counting on the close cooperation with the EU and the US. And as far as my duties are concerned, I'll see the BiH Presidency and state institutions as my primary partners, which is in line with the Dayton Peace Agreement and the constitution. With the help of the international community, BiH will return to the international agenda. We will all work together to meet the 14 priorities for BiH's accession to the EU. Work will also be done on the 5 + 2 program, more specifically, I will work on it, and especially on the protection of the territorial integrity of BiH.”

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High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
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“I am honored and pleased to serve your country and its people in the years to come. I take office firmly determined to help people. I do not want to promise anything impossible for the time to come, but I assure you that I will use all my strength… to ensure that this country… has hope for a better future.”

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High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
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“And that is why BiH still needs such international support. I will perform this function in the hope of making myself redundant at some point. I think we need to clarify three issues. First, I am coming to BiH as a politician, not as a diplomat. I warn you that some of my sentences may not be diplomatically concise, but they will be clear. Such an idea [exchange of territories], that one minority should be replaced by another, is not sustainable. Therefore, there can be no talk of violating the territorial integrity of Western Balkan countries.”

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High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
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