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Turkey and Serbia agreed to facilitate negotiations on the Bosnia and Herzegovina crisis, which could be held in April

author:The Paper

The Paper's reporter Nan Boyi intern Guo Bei

On 18 January, Turkey and Serbia agreed to facilitate negotiations in the regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the crisis of separatism and support for the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and President Dodik of republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other ethnic leaders expressed their support for the mediation proposal.

Turkey and Serbia agreed to facilitate negotiations on the Bosnia and Herzegovina crisis, which could be held in April

On January 18, 2022, local time, In Ankara, Turkey, Turkish President Erdogan met with Serbian President Vucic. People's Vision Diagram

According to Al Jazeera reported on January 18, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a joint press conference with Serbian President Vucic on the same day that Turkey will further use diplomatic means to help Bosnia and Herzegovina resolve the crisis. At present, Turkey and Serbia have agreed on a solution to the crisis of secession in Bosnia and Herzegovina and plan to invite Bosnian, Croat and Serb national leaders to jointly negotiate regional secession. The talks are expected to take place after Serbia's April general elections and will take place in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, or belgrade, the Serbian capital.

Dodik's previous attempts to weaken the central government of Bosnia and Herzegovina and his support for the graduation of republika Srpska from the tax and judicial systems of Bosnia and Herzegovina are the trigger for the current crisis of bih-BH secession. Vučić commented that Dodik's actions were "wrong" and "dangerous" and that Serbia has always regarded Bosnia and Herzegovina as a complete state and is committed to maintaining peace and stability in the Balkans, while "respecting differences.".

According to the Dayton Peace Agreement signed in 1995, Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of two autonomous entities, the Mukh Federation and the Republika Srpska. The main population of the Mukh Federation is Bosniaks and Croats, while the Republika Srpska is composed mainly of Ethnic Serbs. The Republika Srpska Parliament passed a series of laws in December 2021 allowing the formation of parastatal institutions and armies in the region by May 2022, according to the surging news (www.thepaper.cn). In response to the relevant decision to adopt the law, Christian Schmidt, high representative of the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, commented that this was equivalent to separating Republika Srpska from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

On December 28 last year, Turkish Defense Minister Akar said Dodik's separatist moves were worrying and that Turkey was willing to act as a mediator in the crisis of "disintegration" that Bosnia and Herzegovina might face. According to Reuters, Turkey, which also has a Muslim majority, has close ties with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, while maintaining friendly relations with the Trilateral Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, often praises the Bosnian leader Iztebegović during the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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