The Peace Implementation Council’s Steering Board issued its latest communique on Wednesday. As has often been the case, Russia’s representative on the PIC did endorse all parts of the statement. On Thursday, Russia’s ambassador to BiH, Peter Ivantsov, explained his government’s objections to reporters. The sections of the communique in question dealt with Republika Srpska’s planned referendum on the BiH judiciary and High Representative, and with the objections of Serbs and Croats in BiH to a recent decision by the BiH Constitutional Court.
“I want to stress that we have full understanding for the decision of the Republika Srpska Parliament to call a referendum in case the structured dialogue does not bear fruit. We see such a poll as the expression of democracy,” said the Russian Ambassador.
Ivantsov also says that it was impossible for the Russian delegation to support an item of the communiqué which pertains to decisions of the BiH Constitutional Court….
According to the Russian delegation, Ivantsov said, the ruling of the Constitutional Court was politically motivated and confirms for the nth time that the judicial system in BiH has serious flaws.
