"Declaration didn't spoil relations with RS"

DONJA GRADINA -- President Boris Tadić says the adoption of the Srebrenica declaration in Belgade did not negatively affect relations with the Republic of Republika Srpska (RS).

"Declaration didn't spoil relations with RS"

DONJA GRADINA -- President Boris Tadić says the adoption of the Srebrenica declaration in Belgade did not negatively affect relations with the Republic of Republika Srpska (RS).

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" We will continue to develop our special relations, and very soon a session will be held of Serbia-RS Joint Committee, whose job is to implement agreements and work on strengthening our relation."

However, Tadić said that he understands RS's disapproval of the Serbian parliament's move, adding that the declaration was undoubtedly useful for the Serb people.

"I believe that this is of great significance for our people, wherever they may live – in RS, Montenegro or Croatia. The international position of Serbia, thereby the position of all the Serb people, is now more credible than before the adoption of the Declaration on the victims of Srebrenica," said he.

Tadić, who attended the commemoration of the victims of the Croat Ustasha WW2 Jasenovac death camp in Donja Gradina, said that the adoption of the declaration "also encourages other countries to condemn crimes committed against Serbs".

The president will continue his two-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina today, with a visit to Trebinje and the SPC monastery of Tvrdoš, while on Tuesday he is scheduled to open a business fair in the town of Mostar.

Yesterday, Tadić stated that he would resume talks with his Croatian counterpart Ivo Josipović in the following days, in order to find "some kind of out-of-court solution" regarding the two countries' genocidelawsuits, filed before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Tadić said that they would discuss the issues raised at their recent meeting in Opatija, Croatia, among which is the issue of suits.

Tadić could not say whether he would meet with Josipović during the forthcoming Economic Fair in Mostar, taking into account that the Croatian president has still not confirmed his attendance.

"I spoke with Ivo Josipović several times in the past two days. We will also have the opportunity to meet at the trilateral meeting in Hungary. We will have one or two meetings in the following ten days in order to cover the topics that we discussed in Opatija," Tadić stressed.

According to him, both Serbia and Croatia remain committed to preserving the integrity of Bosnia-Herzegovina and finding a compromise solution to the difficulties that the country is experiencing.