Srebrenica tension between Konakovic and Duric in the Berlin Process

Konakovic and Duric attended the Berlin Process Ministerial Meeting, which was initiated to strengthen cooperation between the countries in the western Balkans and accelerate the integration of these countries into the European Union (EU). In his speech here, Konakovic called out to Duric and criticized the burial of Ratko Mladic, one of the main responsible for the Srebrenica Genocide, with state and military honors in Serbia.

Pointing out that the EU is facing two tests regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina, Konakovic stated that the first of these is whether the EU will go beyond the statements made after Mladic's funeral, and the second is whether it can respond to the Russian influence and the blocking of Bosnia and Herzegovina's path to the EU.

Konakovic stated that he was responsible for organizing the official ceremony for Aleksandar Vucic, who resigned from the President of Serbia, and said:

"Aleksandar Vucic cannot separate himself from the participation of the Serbian army, while it is within his authority to decide on the use of the army. The genocide is not open to interpretation. The final decisions of the international courts are not one of the possible versions of history. I recently met with the mothers of Srebrenica. I looked at the faces of the women who buried their children. How can I talk about reconciliation and good neighborliness here and then return home and explain to them our silence?"

SERP MINISTER DURIC ACCUSED KONAKOVIC

Duric, on the other hand, claimed that Konakovic tried to misuse the Berlin Process Meeting in the last days of the election campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina to make accusations and insults against Serbia. Claiming that Konakovic "tried to portray Serbia as an inheritor of war crimes and a backward country," Duric argued that he believed that the approach did not receive support from the majority of citizens and political actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina.