News in English     | 17.07.2019. 12:50 |

'Key of City of Sarajevo' to be handed to former US Senator Bob Dole

FENA Kanita Aliagić

SARAJEVO, July 17 (FENA) – The City Council of the City of Sarajevo has unanimously reached the decision to give “The Key of the City of Sarajevo” to the US Senator Robert Joseph, nicknamed Bob Dole”, as one of the most important persons in the building of strong friendly relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially Sarajevo, with the United States of America.

Bob Dole is a retired US Senator of Kentucky. He was senator between 1969 and 1996 and was majority leader in Senate. Bob Dole was also the Republican party nominee at the presidential elections in 1996 and candidate for vice president.

The Chairman of the City Council Igor Gavrić explained that they made the decision on awarding recognition based on the proposal of the Sarajevo Mayor.

He explained that Bob Dole has been connected to BiH and Sarajevo his entire career, especially during the aggression against BiH, but also in the years of reconstruction and rebuilding. Dole strongly advocated for a military intervention that would prevent war and destruction of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to relevant studies, Dole’s engagement in the Senate and the pressure on the then democratic administration were crucial in the decision of former US President Bill Clinton to launch the military intervention in BiH together with NATO forces.

In addition, Dole has clearly and precisely characterized the events in BiH as aggression and genocide. His contribution as president of the International Commission for Missing Persons was immutable in the first years of intensive search and identification of victims of war crimes.

Dole visited Sarajevo and BiH on several occasions, and his strong political voice as the former majority leader in the US Congress and has encouraged the reforms and progress of Sarajevo and the whole country over the past two decades.

(FENA) L. N.

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