VANJSKA POLITIKA SRBIJE PREMA BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI: OD ZAJEDNIČKE IZJAVE IZ PARIZA DO SVESRPSKOG SABORA
FOREIGN POLICY OF SERBIA TOWARDS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: FROM THE JOINT STATEMENT FROM PARIS TO THE ALL-SERBIAN PARLIAMENT

Author(s): Admir Lisica
Subject(s): Diplomatic history, Political history, Social history, International relations/trade, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Institut za istraživanje zločina protiv čovječnosti i međunarodnog prava Univerziteta u Sarajevu
Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Serbia; Diplomatic relations; Foreign policy; All-Serbian Assembly;
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, based on the facts, we attempt to clarify the dynamics of diplomatic relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia from the official establishment in 1996 with the signing of a joint statement in Paris by the then presidents of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alija Izetbegović, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milošević, which will be the focus of our analysis, to the holding of the All-Serbian Assembly and the adoption of the 49-point declaration. The goal is to present the key aspects of the relations chronologically, based on available sources, with a focus on Serbia’s actions that cannot be characterized as friendly and good-neighborly. Our main assumption that we will examine is that Serbia, through its foreign policy actions towards Bosnia and Herzegovina, continuously tries to minimize Bosnian-Herzegovinian statehood, bypassing the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina and favoring the BiH entity of RS. Through analysis and data collection, we will attempt to present the factual situation, which is actually a consequence of the hegemonic pretensions of official Belgrade, which have their roots in the 19th century.

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