Bosnia reacted to scandal with Ukrainian icon

Public opinion and politicians in the country described the situation as shameful and demanded an investigation.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, a scandal sparked a public outcry in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, where Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was presented with an old Ukrainian icon of occupied Lugansk.

Therefore, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Bissera Turkovic, believes that currently Bosnia and Herzegovina is “under a very serious accusation from the Embassy of Ukraine” due to the icon that the president of the Presidium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik (representing the Bosnian Serb community) handed over Sergei Lavrov to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs demands the fastest possible reaction to the note from the Ukrainian embassy. “They ask to determine how the icon appeared, because our top statesman, that is, the president of the Presidium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is involved in everything. The normal sequence of things is to ask how it happened. We have competent institutions, the Bosnian Prosecutor’s Office and Herzegovina, which has serious reasons to check how the Ukrainian icon ended up here … Yesterday, having received the note (at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – ed.), We immediately went with a request and sent the note to the Presidium of Bosnia and Herzegovina It would be normal for a very urgent reaction because this is a very serious investigation, not to mention the charges. “

One of the three members of the Presidium of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeljko Komšić (from the Croatian community of the country – ed.), While in the city of Mostar, said, commenting on the actions of the representative of the Serbian community in the Presidium: “This story it is about an icon, if it is true that it is an icon of Ukraine and it was in Banja Luka during the conflict in Ukraine, if it was stolen, if we want to have a state, someone must go to prison … this is a robbery, a scandal international, this is something that is pursued in any normal country. “

Also present in Mostar was the head of the Liberal Democratic Party of Serbia, Chedomir Jovanovic, who said: “Shame. Shame for our people. Shame for Bosnia, the church. Shame for Lavrov. Shame and shame.”

The incident provoked a negative reaction among the politicians of the Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in particular, the head of the local “Democratic Progress Party”, Bronislav Borenovic, said that: “This is a great test for the Council of Ministers, that requires investigation. These are serious accusations from official institutions. ” so that the public in Bosnia and Herzegovina knows the truth about what happened. “

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Igor Krnadak added: “When this whole case has acquired an international character with the note from the Embassy of Ukraine, it is very important to provide complete information with all necessary details to the Embassy of Ukraine and to respect such an international duty. “

UNESCO expert Amra Khadzhimuhamedovich, at the request of the Bosnian edition of Klix to comment on the incident, said: “Cultural heritage should not appear in the country without knowing its origin and without being able to fully monitor this legal situation. All this situation is absolutely strange. “

Earlier, the Embassy of Ukraine in Bosnia and Herzegovina sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina regarding the fact that the 300-year-old Ukrainian icon was presented to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergei Lavrov.

The OCU also reacted to the gift to the Minister of the Russian Federation in Bosnia, stating that “all people should respect other peoples and not do such things.”

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Based on materials: UNN