Brnabic: Imposing of Srebrenica resolution violence against law

BELGRADE/BANJALUKA - Imposing a Srebrenica resolution on the UN General Assembly agenda is a culmination of violence against law, a scandal and a precedent, Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said on Tuesday.

Speaking to Republika Srpska public broadcaster RTRS, Brnabic said the proposed resolution breached the Dayton peace agreement as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina's constitution as the country's tripartite presidency had not voted on the matter, which she said was an "incomprehensible scandal."

"Our priority is to talk to as many UN member states as possible and to tell them the truth and what this is about. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is also personally engaged on this matter. To all those who want to accuse Serbia of interfering in the affairs of another country, Bosnia and Herzegovina, I will say that Serbia not only has the full right but also the obligation to tell the truth about this precedent, as a signatory and guarantor of the Dayton peace agreement," she said.

Due to the fact the Bosnia and Herzegovina presidency has not voted on the resolution, it undermines the Dayton agreement and, as a result, the Republic of Serbia has to react, Brnabic said.

She said the resolution was a huge mistake for which everyone, including, ultimately, the UN, would pay the price in one way or another - politically or otherwise - due to the precedent that was being made.

"This mistake has the potential to further undermine stability in the Balkans as well as the UN Charter because the issue of Bosnia and Herzegovina is an issue that must be addressed by the UN Security Council, not the General Assembly," Brnabic said.

"I am glad people who are top authorities on the issues of genocide, Holocaust and war crimes, such as Efraim Zuroff, have spoken yesterday to give their opinions," she noted.

Speaking to N1 Belgrade, Zuroff, a world-renowned Holocaust expert, said Srebrenica was not a case of genocide, but a war crime, and noted that the term "genocide" was being misused for political purposes and that the UNGA could not determine what genocide was.

Commenting on announcements from Pristina the so-called Kosovo would sue Serbia for "genocide" and demand war reparations, Zuroff said he was not aware of any genocide having been committed in Kosovo.