Our relations are not a song
It is easier to give a soft promises of investment, cooperation and create greater trust between Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats than to achieve.
By: Ratko Femić
Strange relations between the leaders of neighboring countries in the Balkans. There are meetings, anger, quarrels, insinuations, jealousy ... The real Spanish series, soap operas without end, in which producers just inserted new actors and invent new twists.
When one sees the members of the BiH Presidency and the Serbian Prime Minister as smiling, mood and casual chit-chat, simply expects encounters Broadcast Televisa Presenta and a title like "Amor y guerra en los Balcanes" (Love and War in the Balkans).
Eleven days after the incident at the commemoration of the victims of Srebrenica, when he was attacked by Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegovic, Dragan Covic and Mladen Ivanic visited Belgrade. But, like the whole set design was prepared for the Bosniak member Bakir Izetbegovic. Serbian Prime Minister immediately after the incident did not hide how mad at him and he admitted that it was Izetbegovic made a telephone call, but that he did not want to be told.
Thus, the Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Serbia dropped hay poor host, someone who is guaranteed the safety of the guests who was attacked. Even in the media been associated with people who organized the attack. Excellent material for the media spree, food for the summer media scheme.
Who is more rowdy
It's been several days and Serbian prime minister odljutio. Although Vucic said he wanted only to talk about the future and has already forgotten the incident in Potocari, his close associates are crunched for days about how we'll show Izetbegovic as welcome guests. The hospitality and is shown, but it should probably be common and should not be the only goal of the meeting.
The July sun, leisurely walks, smiles, songs, games ... said a man - a real summer idyll. Vucic and Izetbegovic each other to pay notes. Izetbegovic said "our friend Alexander proved to be a good host," and Vucic replied that the "Bosniaks good hosts, and Croats." Vucic win the chess game and said that he only had more luck. Otherwise, say that he was a good chess player. This was checkmate, after points away because of the failure of the organizers, registered a point at home.
To make the region more peaceful and live better, we need to solve problems and normalize relations, but if you went decisively in resolving outstanding issues, then grabbed his neck and then that's even bigger belaja.
Must a politician used to be a tomboy and a Vucic and welcomed. He did not give that to show in cooperation with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, whose provocation could always reacted violently to Rama then down the ball and scored as someone who calms the situation. Now Izetbegovic, due to circumstances, I set Vucic. However, it must be admitted that the Prime Minister did not use this fact as much as he could, but enough to note that the attitude of one who has won advantage.
In the eyes of the public, the public in the region and the international community Vucic has done a good gesture and recorded a point. Although not all begin his will in his favor - and not just his, as they dashed tensions in the region - to complete. Ivanic said that this was sincerely visit in which he was a politician.
The Prime Minister and the guests took a trip to the "Belgrade water", to show them a model of the city's distant future. After a walk, stopped in the garden "Foundation", where they were greeted by tamburitza with the song "Sarajevo, my love". So they were nice it was that a man wants to sat there with them and zabekrijao.
It's nice to see, but one could be fooled, because our relations are not the song. It rope pulling around Srebrenica resolution is not nobody ever mentioned. As they agreed to disagree about it and decided to skip this problem.
'Catch-22'
Such encounters are undoubtedly important and certainly contribute to the reduction of inter-turbulence, but does not contribute to solving the problems in the long run. Relations of two former Serbian and Croatian presidents, Boris Tadic and Ivo Josipovic, for example, were excellent, and frequent meetings.
However, any issues still remain unresolved. It seems that there is the "catch 22", an unsolvable problem that is satirically described by Joseph Heller: pilot Josarin faking to the longer been spared the war. His biggest problem is the "catch 22", according to which only a madman can not go home, but the one who's crazy not to ask for a return, because that would mean that he was healthy.
It seems that among our regional leaders interfered "catch 22" - to make the region more peaceful and live better, we need to solve problems and normalize relations, but if you went decisively in resolving outstanding issues, then grabbed his neck and then that's another greater belaja. So opt for the status quo as far as the unresolved issues - a potential source of problems in the future - but the ability to skip a neuralgic point and continue cooperation in other areas.
And our main characters are, they say, talked about concrete projects. In addition to holding a joint session of the two governments in September and calls to the President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic visited Sarajevo, discussed the defense industry, energy and tourism. The working groups should have the next day to go to work on it. Maybe we could from it and something to be, but considering what our economy and how we are entrepreneurial - brown cap.
Promises for the Balkans ears
The Serbian Prime Minister said that the guests from Bosnia and Herzegovina spoke "about billions and hundreds of millions of euros, about jobs, about the fundamental, genuine and sincere, gentle create more trust between Serbs, Bosniaks and Croats ..." That is what here's wrong, what would recruit and cured the region of misery and hatred sidelined in a dark cellar. However, it is easier to say something than to achieve.
These are the things that are discussed in Serbia, as it promises universal, harmonious to our ears the Balkans, but in reality, little of this is realized. For months we have heard here - a billion, companies, airplanes, trucks, chips, cheap parts, al Dahr al ravafvedi, Serbian Mercedes ... And, nothing.
However, some working groups try something, let the government and the presidents meet, you better do something and talk to often watch and they are each other's grip, not at gunpoint. I guess going on about something good that comes out.
- 23 Jul, 2015
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