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Lucerne (Fena) – The Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Bećirović, at the “Summit on Peace in Ukraine” held in the Swiss city of Lucerne, stated that Bosnia and Herzegovina will continue to show solidarity with Ukraine because it wants the war in Ukraine to stop, achieve a just peace, and restore hope to millions of people that they can live in peace.
– In Bosnia and Herzegovina, from personal experience, we know that achieving peace is a complicated and difficult process. It requires strong will, perseverance, understanding, and engagement of a broader circle of actors. In this sense, I support the basic intention and goals of this summit – Bećirović said.
He emphasized that Europe and the world need to strongly show that Ukraine is not alone in its fight for freedom and that solidarity with Ukraine is more important today than ever.
– For Ukraine to win, solidarity must overcome national egoism. The free world, among other things, has two important tasks. First, to help the people of Ukraine defend their country. Second, not to allow Russia to provoke another war on the European continent and thus divert attention from the aggression against Ukraine. Let’s not forget, these two tasks are interconnected – Bećirović underlined.
He points out that support for Ukraine means support for the protection of international law and the basic principles on which the civilized world is based.
Reflecting on the fact that the Russian aggression against Ukraine in the past 28 months has caused terrible consequences, he pointed out to the summit participants that BiH joined the positions of the European Union (EU) after the start of the Russian aggression and firmly expressed support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
He warned that pro-Russian forces in BiH threaten peace and that “the organs of the Republika Srpska, with open support from Russia, threaten the Dayton Peace Agreement and the stability of BiH and the region”.
Otherwise, more than 90 countries participated in the two-day summit in Switzerland with the aim of creating a united stance on how to end the 27-month-long invasion of Russia on Ukraine. The aim of the event was to initiate a peace process that would include Russia in the long run. Officials from Moscow were neither invited nor expressed a desire to attend. (16.6.)