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"Big and difficult crisis" - that's all officials in Belgrade have heard since the top international representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina overturned two Banjaluka decisions that contradict the Dayton Agreement.
This assessment was made by the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, who said that "he will not comment on this anymore".
The National Assembly of the Republika Srpska entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina decided earlier that the decisions of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the high international representative will not be implemented in its territory. The Government and the Presidency of Serbia did not answer the questions of Radio Free Europe regarding the decisions of Banjaluka and the reactions of the high representative, as well as whether the two institutions plan to be involved in calming the situation.
In 2006, Belgrade and Banja Luka signed an agreement to establish special parallel relations.
Two decades later, ties developed in all directions - from the joint holiday of "Serbian unity" - through the Law on the preservation of the Cyrillic alphabet and common school programs and textbooks - to cooperation in the field of security and defense.
What can Vucic do?
Professor at Regent's University in London, Neven Angjelic, tells Radio Free Europe that the Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic, will try not to intervene, as long as possible.
"When there is pressure on him, both from the biggest nationalists within Serbia and from Republika Srpska, to do something as the supposed leader of all Serbs, he will have to appear as if he is doing something," says Angjelic. . But, he believes that Vucic cannot do much at this moment.
"He can try to make the leading people in Republika Srpska aware, in some way," says Angjelic.
He adds that the Western alliance is very cautious because of the situation in the world - primarily the Russian invasion of Ukraine - and that it will not ignore challenges, such as the hint of disobedience inside Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Due to Russian aggression against neighboring Ukraine, which has entered its second year, major Western countries have become more sensitive to stability challenges in Europe, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina and relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
Angjelliq says that the primary interest of Vučić and the majority of society in Serbia is not to accept the fact that Kosovo is a separate state.
"In this aspect, they are ready to pay, that is, to offer a certain policy towards Bosnia and Herzegovina, such as is required of them", says Angjelic. Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. Since 2011, the two countries have been in negotiations for the normalization of relations, under the mediation of the European Union.
What did Vucic say?
Vucic said that a big and difficult crisis is happening in Republika Srpska and that he will not make any more statements. On July 2, he told Serbia's Prva television that he is speaking with the president of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, and many other actors and people in that entity.
"I'm afraid that the foreigners have decided to play hard," said Vucic./rel
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