Bakir Izetbegovic

Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency member Bakir Izetbegovic has told Germany's Deutsche Welle broadcaster that he "hopes BiH will recognize Kosovo."

Tanjug reported earlier in the day that this Muslim (Bosniak) member of the country's tripartite presidency said this would in fact happen - and "should have been done before."

Bakir Izetbegovic says that his father, Alija Izetbegovic, left it to Turkish President Recep Tajjip Erdogan to "safeguard" Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH).

According to him, this happened during "one of the last conversations Izetbegovic had with Erdogan."

Bosnia's second-strongest Bosniak [Bosnian Muslim] national party, the Alliance for Better Future, SBB, on Friday announced the breakup of its coalition with the main Bosniak party in the country, the Party of Democratic Action, SDA.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday held a series of meetings with officials of numerous states and organisations who are in Belgrade to attend his inaugural reception later in the day.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency members Mladen Ivanic and Bakir Izetbegovic in Belgrade on Friday to discuss bilateral relations, the situation in the region and mutual support in the European integration process.

A reception on the occasion of the assuming of the Serbian presidency by Aleksandar Vucic will start at 18:00 hours CET in the Palace of Serbia in New Belgrade.

Photo: Z.Zestic / Tanjug

Serb Republic (RS) President Milorad Dodik says that Russian President Vladimir Putin "did not ask him to secede from Bosnia-Herzegovina."

The secession of the Serb entity is "not on the agenda," Dodik added, but would not rule out the possibility of it happening one day.

THE HAGUE - The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected an application to revise a ruling on Bosnia and Herzegovina's 2007 genocide lawsuit against Serbia.

The application was filed on February 25 by agent Sakib Softic on behalf of Bosniaks led by Bakir Izetbegovic, the Bosniak member of the BiH Presidency.

Tanjug video screenshot, file

The prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina will open a case and check allegations concerning actions of Sakib Softic as an agent in the process of applying for revision of a judgement against Serbia, confirmed on Friday for Serbian daily "Vecernje Novosti" BiH prosecution spokesman Boris Grubesic.

SARAJEVO - Bakir Izetbegovic and Dragan Covic, the Bosniak and Croat members of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, said Wednesday Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic was welcome in Sarajevo for next week's meeting of Western Balkan prime ministers.