Dismember Bosnia-Herzegovina, unite Albania and Kosovo, redraw the borders on the map of the former Yugoslavia to favor the enlargement of the Western Balkans to the European Union and curb Turkish expansion in the region. This would be the proposal of the Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa written in black and white in an unofficial document (not paper) delivered to the office of the President of the European Council Charles Michel.
The Slovenian website Necenzurirano published some excerpts from the document, entitled “Western Balkans – the way forward”. Sent in February, according to the Slovenian newspaper, the document (without header or signature) would have originated from the office of the premier of Ljubljana, who will assume the rotating presidency of the EU in the second half of this year. Jansa has already denied paternity, while an official communication has not yet arrived from Michel’s office in Brussels.
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The introduction states that the “unresolved national issues of Serbs, Albanians and Croats” that emerged after the break-up of Yugoslavia are addressed. The unresolved issues are that the 1995 Dayton Agreement recognizes in practice what was achieved during the war but not in principle, that at the moment it is difficult to imagine the European prospects of Serbia and Kosovo, that the membership of Bosnia Herzegovina to the EU can be completely excluded, that in the meantime the empty space has been used by Turkey to extend its radius of influence in Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia and that, with the exception of Turkey, a handful of local politicians and of their supporters, none are satisfied with the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“In Kosovo, 95 percent of the population wants to join the native Albanian nation. The situation is similar in Albania. The border between Albania (a member of NATO) and Kosovo is practically non-existent. The Serbian part of Kosovo would get a special status – following the example of South Tyrol “, states the document.
The second proposal concerns the unification of most of the territory of the Republic of Srpska (Serbian entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina) with Serbia. “The Serbian national question can be largely resolved by annexing part of the Republic of Srpska to Serbia. In this case, Serbia is ready to accept the unification of Kosovo and Albania,” the document reads.
The third proposal concerns the Croatian national question, which can be resolved in two ways: by merging the majority of the Croatian cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Croatia or by granting a special status to the Croatian part of Bosnia and Herzegovina (using the South Tyrol model) . Finally, the document specifies that “Bosnians would thus have an independent functioning state and take full responsibility for it. In a referendum, people could choose between a future EU or non-EU (Turkey). For now, the vast majority of Bosnians supports the EU perspective but in the event of a continuation of chaos and a sharp increase in Turkish influence and radical Islam, the situation could deteriorate drastically over the next decade “. Finally, the solutions include the implementation of an economic program by the European Union to support the region and an acceleration of the EU and NATO accession paths.
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“I last met the President of the European Council (Charles Michel) last year. It is difficult for me to physically deliver something to him in February or March of this year, as a dark portal writes,” said Jansa, adding that Slovenia “is seriously looking for solutions” for the development of the region and the European perspective of the countries of the Western Balkans. Articles like this, Jansa concluded, try to obstruct this goal.
On April 12 Zeliko Komsic, Croatian member of the tripartite presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, confirmed that the president of the Slovenian Republic, Borut Pahor, during a visit to Sarajevo asked the exponents of the Bosnian presidency if “a peaceful separation” was possible the various components of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The response was negative from the Croatian and the Muslim exponent, Sefik Dzaferovic, while the Serbian exponent of the presidency expressed an opposite position.
According to Sefik Dzaferovic, a Bosnian Muslim member of the Bosnian tripartite presidency, such a plan to divide Bosnia and Herzegovina would lead to a new war in the region and throughout Europe. “This is absolutely clear. We will not at any cost allow an attack on the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, its independence and sovereignty. Everyone must be aware of this. Those who want all this and who work on this project bring Bosnia -Herzegovina, the region and Europe towards a war. I believe that this does not suit anyone “
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“There is nothing that needs to be changed. We must work for regional cooperation, reconciliation, this is the idea and this is the logic of the accession process. (We must) try to solve all the problems that can being among the countries in a process that does not enter dangerous areas and adheres to EU law and EU principles “, Peter Stano, spokesman for the EU Commission, reiterated a few days ago.
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