German Chancellor's office issues comment on Bosnia Serb Presidency member veto

During the last summit of leaders held within the Berlin Process in German capital last year, the Western Balkan countries signed three agreements, including the one on the recognition of identity cards among the countries of the Western Balkans. According to that agreement, the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, who do not recognise each other's independence, would mutually recognise personal documents. However, when the three agreements were put on agenda of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, its Serb member and current Chair of the tripartite Presidency Zeljka Cvijanovic was outvoted, which led to the adoption of the documents and Cvijanovic using the constitutional instrument of vetoing the decision before the entity parliament of the Serb-majority entity Republika Srpska. The veto won full support at an extraordinary session of Republika Srpska National Assembly on Thursday. Pročitaj više