Bosnia and Herzegovina–Serbia relations

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Bosnian–Serbian relations

Bosnia and Herzegovina	Serbia

The modern-day countries of

The beginnings of formal cooperation can be traced to the Bosnian War; Republika Srpska got support from Serbia.^[1] At the Dayton Agreement, the President of the Republic of Serbia Slobodan Milošević represented the Bosnian Serb interests due to absence of Radovan Karadžić. The agreement ensured the right for entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to establish special parallel relationships with neighboring countries consistent with sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement on Special Parallel Relations was signed on February 28, 1997 and implemented December 15, 2010.^[2]

On July 8, 2015, Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have condemned the Srebrenica massacre as a genocide. Lobbied by the Republika Srpska and Serbia, the veto was praised by Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić stating that Russia had "prevented an attempt of smearing the entire Serbian nation as genocidal" and proven itself as a true and honest friend.^[3]

Invited by the

In February 2021, Serbia donated 5,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[5]

Geography

The two countries are located in the

Serbia is the second top investor in Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to data spanning May 1994–December 2013.^[citation needed]

Culture

Serbs and Bosniaks ethnolinguistically belong to the

Demographics

Many Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina live in Serbia.

• Bosnia and Herzegovina has an embassy in Belgrade.
• Serbia has an embassy in Sarajevo and consulates-general in Banja Luka and Mostar and consular offices in Drvar and Trebinje.

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  Embassy of Serbia in Sarajevo
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  Consulate-General of Serbia in Banja Luka
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  Consulate-General of Serbia in Mostar

See also

• Foreign relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Foreign relations of Serbia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina–Kosovo relations
• Agreement on Succession Issues of the Former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union
• Accession of Serbia to the European Union
• Open Balkan

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