Grlić Radman met yesterday in Sarajevo with Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Foreign Minister Elmedin Konaković, as well as religious leaders, and participated in a NATO conference on addressing hybrid challenges. He told reporters that Croatia continues to support Bosnia and Herzegovina as established by the Dayton Agreement, emphasizing that any changes to it must be based on the consensus of the legitimate political representatives in the country.
Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordan Grlić Radman is on a working visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he met with the Foreign Minister of that country, Elmedin Konaković, and religious leaders.
He stated to the media in Sarajevo that Croatia remains firmly committed to supporting Bosnia and Herzegovina as a sovereign and unified state with two entities and three constituent peoples, as defined by the Dayton Agreement, which is a binding international treaty.
“Any disruption to this framework and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s current structure, if done without the agreement of the legitimate political representatives of the three constituent peoples, would likely lead to significant destabilization,” said Grlić Radman.
The minister also took part in a NATO-organized seminar dedicated to partnership in the era of hybrid challenges and spoke on a panel focusing on the situation in the region.
The aim of the event was to strengthen the community of NATO member and partner states and to foster a better understanding of the global security environment.
Grlić Radman told reporters that during the Sarajevo conference, he discussed with NATO officials and senior officers the ongoing debate in Croatia regarding participation in the support mission for Ukraine (NSATU).
He stated that President Milanović’s remarks are causing unease, raising questions about whether Croatia is a credible NATO member.
“President Milanović has put us in a very dangerous position,” he remarked.
Grlić Radman reiterated that Milanović misled Croatian citizens by claiming that members of the Croatian Army would be deployed in Ukraine. “No Croatian soldier will be deployed in Ukraine, and Croatian President Zoran Milanović is deceiving the public by suggesting otherwise,” he repeated.
He described the fact that some NATO liaison officers will be present in Ukraine as part of the NSATU activities as an attempt to dilute the issue.