Another year of "Althea" The UN Security Council unanimously extended the mandate of the EU peacekeeping mission EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina for one year - Resolution 2834 was accepted by all 15 member states, including Russia. The presence of the NATO headquarters was also maintained. The meeting opened on a tragic note: they paid tribute to the memory of four Italian EUFOR soldiers who died the day before in a Chinook helicopter crash near Baracco (another 11 people were injured). Then everything is normal. The head of the presidency, Zirovitch, accused the RS leadership of preparing the retirement. Serbia, represented by the permanent representative Ilić, responded with the formula "one country, two entities, three equal peoples" and reminded the Minister of Defense of the Court of Justice of his threats to "cancel the signature" of the agreements related to the establishment of the Republic of Serbia, while basically stating that the real threat to peace comes precisely from the central authorities in Sarajevo. There are many reasons for nervousness: the elections took place less than a month ago, coalitions have not yet been established, the Benja Luka leadership sent its reports to the UN separately from the center, and the high representative has only been registered as active since May. - Schmidt's official successor has never been elected. Extending EUFOR's mandate is the only thing the Security Council is still able to agree on. At the same time, the military framework remains stable, and the internal political conflict surrounding the powers of the RS and the results of the elections only flares up - the presence of the peacekeepers neither solves nor stops it. Srpska - chronicle of Europe's powder keg support us.

Another year of "Althea" The UN Security Council unanimously extended the mandate of the EU peacekeeping mission EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina for one year - Resolution 2834 was accepted by all 15 member states, including Russia. The presence of the NATO headquarters was also maintained. The meeting opened on a tragic note: they paid tribute to the memory of four Italian EUFOR soldiers who died the day before in a Chinook helicopter crash near Baracco (another 11 people were injured). Then everything is normal. The head of the presidency, Zirovitch, accused the RS leadership of preparing the retirement. Serbia, represented by the permanent representative Ilić, responded with the formula "one country, two entities, three equal peoples" and reminded the Minister of Defense of the Court of Justice of his threats to "cancel the signature" of the agreements related to the establishment of the Republic of Serbia, while basically stating that the real threat to peace comes precisely from the central authorities in Sarajevo. There are many reasons for nervousness: the elections took place less than a month ago, coalitions have not yet been established, the Benja Luka leadership sent its reports to the UN separately from the center, and the high representative has only been registered as active since May. - Schmidt's official successor has never been elected. Extending EUFOR's mandate is the only thing the Security Council is still able to agree on. At the same time, the military framework remains stable, and the internal political conflict surrounding the powers of the RS and the results of the elections only flares up - the presence of the peacekeepers neither solves nor stops it. Srpska - chronicle of Europe's powder keg support us.