Elmedin Konaković is a desperate man who is not up to the task of being a minister and is not even a politician, said the Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Željka Cvijanović.
Cvijanović described Konaković’s recent public statements, particularly those related to the visit of the Republika Srpska delegation to the United States, as a struggle for political survival, assessing that in an election year he is merely trying to position himself.
Linking the NATO Reform Program to the stay of the Republika Srpska delegation in the United States, Cvijanović called complete nonsense, adding that it is neither the first nor the last such claim that will be heard from Konaković.
“That is an invented, fabricated story,” Cvijanović told the portal Provjereno.
She explained that this is a standard program adopted every year, but that Konaković attempted to present it differently, adding that even his own public later contradicted him by explaining that he was playing political games.
She also recalled that she herself had previously gone to NATO headquarters in Brussels and spoken with the Secretary General, believing it was necessary to present the positions of the Serb side, stressing that certain steps forward were made at that time and that the people in that mission behaved professionally and respected the objections raised.
“I think we should build good relations and present our positions, because they have been misinterpreted for many years,” Cvijanović said, adding that the Bosniak political cadre has abused everything possible.
She cited the example of ambassadors who believe they should not provide vehicles because it is the Serb, not the Bosniak, member of the Presidency who is arriving.
She also pointed to ambassadors and Konaković blocking correspondence so that diplomatic channels cannot be used, but, as she noted, other ways are found.
Regarding Konaković, who claims that he knows everything, Cvijanović said that he does not know, and that nine months ago he could not even have dreamed that such diplomatic activity by Republika Srpska in the United States would take place, while the Serb side not only dreamed of it but worked to make it happen — and it did.
Source: RTRS
