The government of Republika Srpska, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, today expressed its protest over the "unilateral and politically motivated decision" to impose a ban on Milorad Dodik's entry into Slovenia, RTRS reports.
Slovenia imposed sanctions and banned the dismissed president of RS from entering the country.
The RS government assessed in today's telephone session that the entry ban on Dodik was issued without a clear legal basis and reason, and that it is a direct interference in internal affairs and a violation of international conventions, as well as a step backwards in relations and the European perspective of the region.
"In order to protect the political and institutional integrity of the Republika Srpska, the Government of the Republika Srpska, in accordance with international practices, adopts reciprocal measures and introduces a ban on entry into the Republika Srpska for Nataša Pirc Musar, President of the Republic of Slovenia, and Tanja Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the Government of the Republic of Slovenia," it is written in the conclusions from today's session.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs was ordered to prevent the above-mentioned persons from entering the territory of the RS, and to escort them out of the borders of the Republika Srpska if they are staying in that entity.
Cvijanović: At least countries in the region should show a wiser approach
Serbian member of the BiH Presidency Željka Cvijanović stated that the Slovenian government's decision to impose sanctions on Dodik does not contribute to "overcoming the crises caused by long-standing irresponsible foreign interventionism in BiH, which culminated in the unilateral and dictatorial actions of Kristijan Šmit."
"At the very least, countries in the region should show a wiser approach," she wrote to X.
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