At the beginning, I want to express my gratitude for your decision to extend the mandate of the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, EUFOR-Althea. I thank the Permanent Representatives of the countries on the Council, and I extend special thanks to the Permanent Representativ…
Without going into any detail, I consider it as simply inappropriate for my colleague from Croatia to call the Chairman of the Presidency of my country illegal, illegitimate and everything else he said in his initial and last statement.
At the outset, I would like to express my respects and congratulations to the President of the Security Council, as well as my satisfaction with the extension of the mandate of the European Union Military Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The occasion for my address today refers to the events of…