They pointed out illegalities in his work!
Serb ambassadors and general consuls of Bosnia and Herzegovina have sent an open letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of BiH, Elmedin Konaković.
We publish the open letter in full:
Honorable Minister,
We have received from you the instruction for conduct dated March 20, 2025, in which you stated several, to say the least, incorrect and questionable elements. Considering that you lack basic knowledge, allow us to inform you of the principles of this profession. First of all, the Chairwoman of the Presidency of BiH, Željka Cvijanović, is also your superior, and you should respect that. Therefore, her communication with appointed ambassadors cannot be an “illegal means” of communication as you claim, but a regular activity in accordance with the practice established by the two Bosniak members of the Presidency of BiH, which we explained in an open letter addressed to them.
The second element concerns the signatories of the document you referred to in your instruction. Referring to legitimately and legally elected representatives of the Serb people as an “organized separatist group in their attempt at a coup d’état” is a reflection of your political impotence, lack of understanding of this work, and personal malice. Attempting to present yourself as an important political figure in BiH by threatening Serb civil servants and suggesting you can harm someone, represents amateurism and political incompetence.
According to our Constitution, the President of Republika Srpska proposes BiH ambassadors from Republika Srpska and thus, together with the Serb member of the Presidency, plays an active role in communication with us, the Serb ambassadors and general consuls of BiH. Furthermore, to refer to the President of Republika Srpska as a fugitive in an official document of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a reflection of your bias. As you may have noticed, President Milorad Dodik moves freely and does not hide his location, so we see no basis in your claim that he is on the run. The fact that certain unconstitutional institutions of BiH cannot make contact with President Milorad Dodik is simply a new reality to which you must begin to adjust, as you are clearly not a political factor capable of changing it.
Moreover, publicly accusing the Chairwoman of the Presidency of BiH and the President of Republika Srpska of carrying out alleged illegal actions also demonstrates excessive ill will and a lack of knowledge that would benefit you in the political arena, especially in the performance of the duties of Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In the legal system, there is a principle called the presumption of innocence, so even if such alleged actions existed, only a final court verdict can determine someone’s guilt—not your memos. That principle also protects you, given the media reports about your alleged ties to a certain Edin Gačanin, that you are part of Europol drug cartel schemes, that you are linked to criminal acts committed by your godfather Memija, that the Western Balkans and EU Leaders Summit in Neum failed because you allegedly arranged a job for your godfather’s daughter, etc. The presumption of innocence protects you from all of those claims, and therefore you, of all people, should be more cautious when publicly judging others without any basis.
Honorable Minister, your foreign policy role is exclusively tied to the directives of the BiH Presidency and their constitutional competence in leading foreign policy and representing BiH in international and European organizations. If you respected the Constitution of BiH, you would never dare to say a single word at an international forum or bilateral meeting without first coordinating it with all members, including the Serb member of the BiH Presidency. But unfortunately, you do not respect the BiH Constitution, as we have seen through your instructions to the diplomatic-consular network, avoiding competent ambassadors during your visits simply because they are Serbs, sending protest notes to countries with which BiH has bilateral relations even though you are not authorized to do so, unsynchronized communication on the international level, and many other examples.
When you spoke earlier this month with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, Hakan Fidan, you did not have a mandate to present him with political positions not previously agreed upon by the Presidency of BiH. However, you did have an obligation to ask him whether a war criminal, Sakib Mahmuljin—who has been convicted by a final verdict in BiH and is on an international wanted list—is hiding in their country.
You see, this convicted commander of the Third Corps of the so-called Army of BiH is today most likely hiding in Turkey, but you failed to raise this issue during your conversation with the Turkish minister, which clearly reflects your stance. We, the Serb ambassadors and general consuls of BiH, will make an effort to convey to the European Union and its member states the impression that you may not actually stand for European values as you claim, and that you have no problem with the escape of convicted war criminals.
Finally, you have chosen to conceal your lack of competence by threatening Serb civil servants employed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of BiH. In case your previous associates have not informed you, all civil servants assigned to the diplomatic-consular network are accountable solely to ambassadors and general consuls of BiH, who in turn are accountable to the Presidency of BiH. It is therefore clear that your position is limited exclusively to the administrative and technical management of the diplomatic-consular network, except when you receive a harmonized foreign policy directive from the BiH Presidency, which we are all obliged to follow. Instead of sending futile instructions, we suggest you familiarize yourself with the competences of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Constitution of BiH, and diplomatic practice, in order to perform your duties correctly—at least toward the end of your term.
The signatories of the open letter are: Aleksandar Bogdanić, Aleksandar Vranješ, Aleksandra Mičić, Biljana Gutić Bjelica, Bojan Vujić, Bojan Đokić, Bojana Kondić Panić, Boro Bronza, Vera Sajić, Dragan Vuković, Dragan Jaćimović, Duško Kovačević, Željko Samardžija, Koviljka Špirić, Milorad Živković, Obrad Kesić, Siniša Bencun, Siniša Berjan, and Tatjana Telić.
Source: Provjereno
