Montenegro is expected to support the adoption of the Resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica in the United Nations (UN), because it is the only correct position, it was announced at the meeting of the delegations of the Bosniak Party (BS) and the Party of Democratic Action of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDA).
As reported by BS, the president of that party, Ervin Ibrahimović, spoke today in Podgorica with SDA leader Bakir Izetbegović.
The statement states that BS and SDA condemn the systematic denial of the genocide in Srebrenica and the glorification of its perpetrators.
"It was emphasized that Montenegro is expected to support the adoption of the Resolution on the Genocide in Srebrenica in the UN as the only correct position and a logical sequence after the Montenegrin Assembly adopted the Resolution on the Genocide in Srebrenica by a two-thirds majority in 2021," the statement said. .
At the meeting, the necessity of adopting that Resolution was highlighted, as an important step towards dealing with the past based on the facts established in the court proceedings before the International Court of Justice in The Hague and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
BS said that the fact that responsibility for genocide cannot be attributed to the people as a whole was underlined at the meeting.
Representatives of the BS and SDA delegations discussed the intensification of cooperation, but also the strengthening of ties between Bosniaks.
"BS and SDA, which mostly articulate the political will of Bosniaks in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, are of the firm position that political, economic, educational and cultural cooperation must, first of all, be developed through the institutions of the two countries and through the activities of the Bosniak National Council, the of the Congress of Bosniak Intellectuals and Bosniak Cultural Institutions", the announcement says.
At the meeting, it was assessed that the cooperation of Bosniaks in all states of the region should be intensified, with clear respect for state borders, but also respecting the specifics related to the number, overall position and degree of realized rights of the Bosniak people in each of the states.
As stated, at the meeting, full agreement was established that for all Bosniaks in the region, the European path of the countries in which they live is one of the key foreign policy priorities.
"With the conviction that the adoption of high European standards in all areas is important for all citizens, and especially for less numerous peoples, underlining that Bosniaks are a less numerous people in all states of the region, except Bosnia and Herzegovina," the announcement says.
As it is added, the interest of Bosniaks is in strengthening the rule of law in the countries where they live, as well as regional stability and cooperation between countries.
"During the conversation, it was pointed out that the political will of Bosniaks must be reflected in government institutions, as well as that the representatives of the Bosniak people, who were dominantly given the mandate to represent them politically by the citizens in the elections, should not be bypassed, which is currently the case in both countries," he says. in the announcement.
BS announced that the meeting also discussed the economic and cultural cooperation of local communities in Montenegro, where Bosniaks are the majority, with cities and municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
"As a result of today's talks, the SDA undertook to launch an initiative to open a consulate of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Rožaje, which would be the third consulate in the region after Novi Pazar and Rijeka," the statement said.
As it is added, it is necessary to strengthen political, cultural and any other cooperation between the two political parties.
"BS and SDA, as significant political factors in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, should be a bridge for strengthening the traditionally good cooperation between the two countries," the announcement concludes.
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