Brnabic: I have never been so worried about peace in the Balkans

Photo: Tanjug/Sava Radovanovic

President of the Serbian National Assembly Ana Brnabic said today, regarding a resolution on Srebrenica proposed at the UN General Assembly, that she has never been as concerned about peace in the Balkans as she is now, and about what life in Bosnia and Herzegovina will look like after the vote on that resolution.

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"I call on everyone from the European Union to ask themselves whether Bosnia and Herzegovina will be a country that is more peaceful and stable, where there is greater understanding between Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats, or a country that is more unstable, where one incident will be enough to set everything on fire," Brnabic told Pink.

She stressed that it is disgraceful that certain countries from the region are co-sponsors of the resolution, but that what is disgraceful above all is the way in which this resolution came before the General Assembly of the United Nations.

"How is it possible that we in Serbia are passing even the least significant acts according to the standards of the European Union and work on it in an inclusive and transparent way. So, all interested parties work on a document from the very beginning and give their opinion. When the EU talks to us, and Germany is especially vocal, we must pass even the least significant regulations in that way. If we don't, then we do not respect European values, then it is not in accordance with European norms and standards," she said.

Meanwhile, she continued, the resolution on Srebrenica is being passed in secret, without consultation, even within Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

"How can a resolution be passed contrary to the Dayton Peace Agreement and contrary to the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina - and no one has a problem with that," asked Brnabic.

She added that she asked partners from Slovenia, who are co-sponsors of the resolution, what the Serb Republic (RS, the Serb entity in BiH) should do, considering that nobody even consulted the Serb member of the BiH Presidency, Zeljka Cvijanovic, on this issue.

"If they (RS) have no say in such an important topic, then they don't have a say about anything in that country," said Brnabic.

The president of the National Assembly continued that it is becoming impossible to be politically correct, given that Serbia has been building peace for 30 years and working on its economic progress for 12 years.

"Our president, at the time he was prime minister, almost got lynched in that Srebrenica (where he went to pay respects). No one was held accountable for that. Has anyone from the European Union or from Germany asked that the organizers (of the incident) be found? No, never. Has anyone from the US tried? No, they haven't. We turn the other cheek every time, in order to preserve peace and stability," Brnabic stressed.

She wondered how the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the RS, will feel today, who will celebrate and who will cry.

"This is the beginning of the end of the United Nations, because this resolution is contrary to its Charter. In the future, all countries will pass similar resolutions concerning their problems and sufferings, the Security Council will no longer be asked, and new conflicts will be opened," said Brnabic.

The president of the National Assembly stressed that the concept of genocide will lose its meaning, something that suits Germany (one of the countries that proposed the controversial resolution).

"The victims will be relativized, so they will fulfill their goal, which will result in deep divisions, above all in Bosnia and Herzegovina," said Brnabic.

She appealed for peace and avoiding incidents.

"People must remember that there is a tomorrow and that there must be a future, and that Germany and its co-sponsors don't care about that. They will pick up and leave, but let's not let them set the Balkans on fire once again," Brnabic said.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)