There was one more year until the Marshal’s death. tit and the end of the young Bosnian regime Sifet Podzic He entered the Sarajevo Military Academy to pursue a career in the Yugoslav army. Forty-three years and a war of secession, the same man became a lieutenant general and minister of the armed forces Bosnia and Herzegovina, He is the main guest of the NATO allies at the dinner hosted by the defense ministers of the alliance this Wednesday.
This is a topic that has been overlooked in the big headlines at the Madrid summit. between Balkans Not much has been said in the Strategic Concept or the Political Statement, but much has been said about the two actors present in the region, Russia Y Chineseand weapons of destabilization. At the most secret level of defense ministers, much has been said about the situation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, artificial but peaceful and well positioned between Serbia and Croatia, the product of the Dayton agreements that ended the state. yugoslav massacre and NATO partner, currently a sensitive strategic axis, a blowing dominoes While Vladimir Putin punishes him for his aggression against Western Ukraine.
“Balkans stability is neededand Serbia’s role in that stability is fundamental, but above all Bosnia’s role”, a NATO administration source tells this newspaper to explain why Podzic was the Minister of Defense held the dinner with Margarita Robles and Margarita Robles in Ifema. .
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Since January, before the invasion of Ukraine, NATO had a the rise of nationalist agitation in the Bosnian Serb region. An erosive rain, the way the Alliance fears it will wet the Russian minorities in the Baltic republics. The agent of this instability is called Milorad DodikA personal friend and ideological heir to Putin Radovan KaradzikRadical Bosnian Serb leader who promoted bloodshed in the Yugoslav war.
At the head of the Serb sector in Bosnia, Dodik, in territory controlled by the unstable multi-ethnic republic, adopted Justice and Security mandates – without agreement with the central government. Also from the Treasury since January 2021. Dodik for Putin’s nationalist party, the New Russia, Distinguished student in Pan-Slavism Declaring the Serbs scattered in Serbia and the region as the brothers of the Russians and vvictims of an alleged Slavophobia. For China, Dodik and Slav victimization is an opportunity to erode European cohesion, according to the NATO source consulted.
Germany alone has no reason to sit at the table anxiously at the defense ministers’ dinners in Madrid; also Minister Robles: If the Bosnian domino continues to wobble, if NATO needs support in the Balkans to block Putin’s path, probably Turkey supports Kosovo claim To enter the Alliance. If Spain accepts a country it doesn’t recognize as an ally, it will have to vote.