Bisera Turković sent a letter of protest to Abazović: The relations between Montenegro and BiH are being violated

The presence of Montenegrin government officials at the academy celebrating January 9 as the day of Republika Srpska (RS) damages the inter-neighbor relations between Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), said Bisera Turković, the deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of BiH and the country's minister of foreign affairs.

Turković sent a letter of protest to the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Dritan Abazović, regarding the presence of the Ministers of Justice and Finance, Marko Kovac and Aleksandar Damjanović, at the ceremony in Banja Luka, reports N1.

"I am sending a protest to the Government of Montenegro, a friendly and neighboring country. By the decision of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, January 9 as the Day of the RS was declared unconstitutional and discriminatory, and the presence of government officials damages the neighborly relations of our two countries," she stated.

She pointed out that marking January 9 as the Day of the RS, according to the decision of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, violates the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and discriminates against members of the constituent nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

"The presence of ministers from the current government of Montenegro at the celebration of an illegal holiday is an act of disrespect for the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially since Abazović attended the commemoration of the Genocide Day in Srebrenica on July 11 last year," she pointed out.

She said that on January 9, 1992, there was an attack on the constitutional and legal order of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the prelude to aggression, ethnic cleansing, mass crimes and genocide, which were judged by international courts.

"The fact that the ministers of the Government of Montenegro and NATO member states agreed to attend the ceremony where the medal was awarded to Vladimir Putin, the president of the Russian Federation, which is carrying out aggression against Ukraine, is surprising," added Turković.

She said that Montenegrin officials are always welcome in Bosnia and Herzegovina and that they are ready to work even harder to connect the two countries.

"But the key prerequisite for cooperation is mutual respect and respect for the decisions of the courts and relevant institutions of friendly countries," the letter to Abazović states.