An unprecedented diplomatic scandal in Sarajevo
According to Klix.ba, first the Croatian member of the Presidency, Zeljko Komsic, refused to meet with the Russian chief of diplomacy, and then the same was announced by the Bosnian member of the Presidency, Sefik Dzaferovic.
Komsic should explain the reason for his attitude today, and it is assumed that one of the reasons for Komsic's action is the way in which this visit by Lavrov was organized, considering that he first went to a meeting with the RS entity delegation yesterday, and last night held a meeting with the leader of the HDZ and a member of the Collegium of the House of Peoples of Bosnia-Herzegovina Dragan Covic, according to Klix.ba.
The epilogue of this diplomatic scandal is that the Serbian member of the Presidency, Milorad Dodik, finally received Lavrov on his own.
Explanation
According to the official explanation, which followed shortly after they refused to go to the meeting, Komsic and Dzaferovic say that they did it because the Russian official did not respect the institutions and the Constitution of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Dzaferovic and Komsic said that at a joint conference in the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Lavrov and the Serbian member of the Presidency and the chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, talked at that moment.
They said that they intended to go to a meeting with the Russian minister and tell him everything they have, but they still decided on a joint press conference, because, they believe, it has more weight.
As reasons for disrespecting Bosnia-Herzegovina's institutions, they stated that during Lavrov's meeting with Dodik in East Sarajevo last night, there were no state symbols of BiH, but also some statements by Lavrov, especially the one...
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