US EditionEU-member Slovenia bans pro-Russian Bosnian Serb leader from entering the country
- Slovenia banned Milorad Dodik from entering the country due to his refusal to step down from the presidency of a Serb-run entity in Bosnia after a court ruling.
- Dodik was ousted by Bosnia's electoral authorities in August and has faced sanctions from the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Austria for his political actions.
- Dodik's policies are seen as undermining peace among the country's ethnic groups, including Bosniaks and Croats, following the U.S.-brokered peace agreement that ended Bosnia's 1992-95 ethnic conflict.
- Russia and Serbia support Dodik, claiming the decisions against him are anti-Serb and raising fears of potential instability in Bosnia.
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International relations expert Boštjan Udovič warns that internal frictions may arise in BiH in the coming months, which could be dangerous not only for this country, but also for the wider region.
The Government of Republika Srpska, in response to Ljubljana's decision to ban President Milorad Dodik from entering Slovenia, reciprocated by banning Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar and Deputy Prime Minister and Head of Diplomacy Tanja Fajon from entering its territory.
The government discussed and decided at the session on the proposed ban on entry into Slovenia for the dismissed President of the Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik. Dodik was declared persona non grata. In retaliation, the government of the Republika Srpska then banned Nataša Pirc Musar and Tanja Fajon from entering the entity. However, this is a measure that may be more rhetorical in nature, explains an expert in international relations.
The Slovenian government decided, on the other hand, to ban access to its territory to the President of the Republika Srpska (RS), the Serbian entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, which challenged Bosnian federal authorities by involving political activities in the face of the ban received.
Slovenia bars Bosnian Serb separatist leader Dodik
SARAJEVO - Slovenia has barred entry to the separatist leader of the Serb part of Bosnia, who has been sentenced to a year in jail and banned from politics for defying Bosnia's international peace envoy, Deputy Prime Minister Matej Arcon said on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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