SRNA News Roundup /I/ - April 13, 2024

REPUBLIKA SRPSKA

BANJA LUKA, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - The Speaker of the Republika Srpska National Assembly Nenad Stevandić expects the parliament to adopt at its session on Thursday, April 18, the report from the Independent International Commission for Investigating the Suffering of All Peoples in the Srebrenica Region from 1992 to 1995, which the Government of Srpska established. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - Constitutional law professor Siniša Karan pointed out that the disputed "Resolution on Srebrenica" represents nothing more than another direct attack by world powers and the Bosniak establishment on Republika Srpska and the Serbian people. BELGRADE, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - The announced Resolution on Srebrenica, which attempts to declare Serbs a genocidal people, is part of a broader, planned attack on the Serbs, not only targeting the people and authorities in Republika Srpska, lawyer Branko Lukić said. BELGRADE, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - Former diplomat Vladislav Jovanović has said that messages from Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik and Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić regarding the consequences of a potential passage of the Srebrenica Resolution in the UN, demonstrate Serbian unity, but also serve as a warning to those who have united in an attempt to completely ostracize the Serbian people, as this could endanger joint life in BiH. BELGRADE, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - Political analyst Stevica Deđanski told SRNA that Serbia and Republika Srpska must act and function together for the sake of the entire Serbian people, opposing attempts to falsify history and pressures. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - Belgrade-based political analyst Aleksandar Pavić has said that the announced Resolution on the alleged genocide in Srebrenica is nothing but provocation against Republika Srpska and a deliberate generation of crisis in BiH by the collective West and the Muslim political leadership in Sarajevo, emphasizing that Srpska must be institutionally capable of defending against attacks and that it is important for Serbia to support it. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - Radovan Kovačević, a member of the Serb Caucus in the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, emphasized that all that needs to be known about the Srebrenica Resolution is that it lacks the support of the institutions and bodies of BiH, meaning that as such, it holds no significance and no weight for BiH, its peoples, and citizens. BANJA LUKA, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - The president of the Republika Srpska Association of Women Victims of War, Božica Živković Rajilić, has said that regardless of the potential adoption of the Srebrenica Resolution in the UN General Assembly, which would be a non-binding document, Republika Srpska will continue to exist and testify to the truth about the suffering of the Serbian people and all the sufferings in the area. BELGRADE, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - The founder of the Socialist Movement, Aleksandar Vulin, has responded to the French Ambassador to Serbia, Pierre Cochard, who said that the announced Resolution on Srebrenica is not aimed against any country or people, by saying he understands the grandchildren of German criminals but not the grandchildren of those who fought against Germany in World War II. LONDON, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - British politician and MP George Galloway has said that those who hate Serbs do so for reasons they cannot explain, emphasizing that Serbs are a proud people who do not take orders from Western regimes. BiH DELPHI, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik warned that the status of BiH's negotiator is compromised due to the actions of Christian Schmidt and noted that if this issue is not resolved, it could lead to a period of escalation. He also mentioned that the Resolution on Srebrenica, which was sent to New York without the consent of the Presidency of BiH, further complicates matters. Dodik has said that he conveyed the clear positions of Republika Srpska on the events in BiH to the Managing Director for Europe at the European External Action Service, Angelina Eichhorst, and the EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and other Western Balkans issues, Miroslav Lajčak. The Republika Srpska President continues his visit to Greece, where he is participating in the ninth Delphi Economic Forum. EAST SARAJEVO, APRIL 12 /SRNA/ - The Serb member of the BiH Presidency, Željka Cvijanović, has said that while Sarajevo politicians are revisiting the "historical verdicts" of the Hague Tribunal, it is worth recalling the "seriousness" and "expertise" of the Tribunal when a prosecutor asked a witness if he "personally knew Kulin Ban." SARAJEVO, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Staša Košarac emphasized that the extremely rude and brazen threats issued by the US Embassy to the legitimately and legally elected President of Srpska, Milorad Dodik, have crossed all bounds. FEDERATION OF BiH ZENICA, APRIL 12 /SRNA/ - Arnel and Aldin Isak, sons of the federal Minister of Internal Affairs, Ramo Isak, beat up a man at the "DHD" gas station in Zenica, the police confirmed to the "Avaz" news site. SERBIA BELGRADE, APRIL 12 /SRNA/ - The Head of the Serbian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Biljana Pantić Pilja, has sent letters to all delegation heads in the institution, asking them to reconsider the proposal for the admission of so-called Kosovo into the Council of Europe. BELGRADE, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - The "Family Days" event was officially opened today in Belgrade, which this year will last two months, promoting family values and tradition through numerous activities. REGION DELPHI, APRIL 13 /SRNA/ - The prospect of the Balkans joining the EU has been stronger and clearer than ever in the past 20 years since the Thessaloniki summit, the EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Priština dialogue and other Western Balkans issues, Miroslav Lajčak, said at the Delphi Economic Forum. WORLD SYDNEY, APRIL 13 /SRNA-Reuters/ - Australian police killed an attacker who fatally stabbed five people in a shopping mall in a Sydney suburb, and hundreds of people fled the scene, according to law enforcement.