Vucevic: All in region should preserve peace, stability

EAST SARAJEVO - The Dayton Agreement, signed 30 years ago, is the best thing for all people living not only in Bosnia and Herzegovina but in the entire region, Serbia's caretaker PM Milos Vucevic said in East Sarajevo on Thursday, noting that all nations and states in the region should preserve peace and stability and listen more to each other than to outsiders telling them how they should live.

"That is the position and the policy of Serbia. We believe that all peoples and all states in this territory must preserve peace and that we should turn to each other more," Vucevic said, noting that the Balkans should belong to the Balkan nations.

Vucevic was speaking after a visit to an East Sarajevo memorial complex dedicated to Serb civilian victims in Sarajevo and the Sarajevo-Romanija region in the 20th century.

He said he had met with Republika Srpska PM Radovan Viskovic, East Sarajevo Mayor Ljubisa Cosic and municipal heads earlier to discuss key economic and infrastructure projects, as well as challenges faced by local self-government authorities and the Government of Republika Srpska.

Vucevic noted that Serbia was absolutely interested in developing a project to build a Belgrade-Sarajevo motorway with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He also said that, irrespective of the ruling in the ongoing trial of Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, Serbia would continue to stand with Republika Srpska, its people and its legal and legitimate leadership.