Bosnia Recalls Diplomats After Mladic's State Funeral
Bosnia and Herzegovina is recalling almost all staff of its embassy in Serbia following the solemn funeral of Mladic in Belgrade. Bosnia and Herzegovina's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Elmedin Konakovic, announced the recall of the embassy personnel.
Consensus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is planning to recall nearly all its diplomatic personnel from Serbia.
- The recall follows the state funeral of Ratko Mladic held in Belgrade on September 7.
- Mladic died on August 27 in a prison hospital in The Hague at the age of 84.
- Mladic was sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes during the Bosnian War (1992–1995).
- The funeral included military honors and was attended by high-ranking Serbian officials.
- The foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Elmedin Konaković, expressed strong condemnation of the funeral and called for international action.
Points of divergence
- Only the ambassador and consul will remain in the embassy in Serbia. — tg_theinsider
- The foreign minister stated that Bosnia and Herzegovina will not hold any economic cooperation talks with Serbia and accused Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić of breaking his country's laws. — vedomosti
- The foreign minister said the country will transfer consular affairs to Zagreb (Croatia) and Podgorica (Montenegro). — interfax
Coverage (4 sources)
- Foreign Ministry of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared two embassy staff members persona non grata — Интерфакс
- Bosnia and Herzegovina recalls almost all embassy staff in Serbia over Mladic funeral in Belgrade — The Insider
- Bosnia and Herzegovina may recall diplomatic personnel from Serbia after Mladic's funeral — Ведомости
- BiH plans to recall diplomatic corps representatives from Belgrade after Mladic's funeral with honors — Интерфакс
Key entities
- Serbia
- Mladic
- Belgrade
- MID
- Elmaddin Konakovitch
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- BiG
- Moscow
- INTERFAX.RU
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
- Federal Television
- Bosnia
- Herzegovina
- Darko Maksimovich