Serbian MFA: Becirovic misused commemorative event, no "Greater Serbia" declarations

BELGRADE - In a reaction to accusations levelled against Serbia by Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Denis Becirovic, the Serbian MFA said on Thursday Becirovic had used a commemorative event to promote his anti-Serb programme, rather than to help reconciliation or enhance internal cohesion and political dialogue within his own country.

In a statement, the MFA said Becirovic - the Bosniak member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency - spoke with only the country's Bosniak population in mind and saw the other two constitutive peoples as some kind of foreign body and a destabilising factor.

"To him, the political will of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is guaranteed by the Dayton Agreement and the constitution of that country, is not relevant at all, and he interprets any special trait of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina or any specific character of...