News in English     | 21.03.2021. 18:43 |

NATO's response: A third party has no right to veto cooperation with NATO

FENA Hana Imamović

SARAJEVO, March 21 (FENA) - Each country has the sovereign right to choose its own security arrangements, and whether countries decide to cooperate with NATO through a partnership or as full members of the Alliance depends on each individual applicant and 30 allies, said in a statement for FENA the spokeswoman for NATO Oana Lungescu.

As she emphasized, no third party has the right to intervene or veto such a procedure, and all threats in that regard are unacceptable because the time of the spheres of influence has passed.

"NATO and Bosnia and Herzegovina have had long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation. Cooperation with NATO does not prejudge any potential future membership of Bosnia and Herzegovina in NATO. We fully respect the sovereignty and independence of the country and we welcome the continuous contribution of BiH to our Euro-Atlantic security," she underlined.

This the way NATO commented for FENA the announcement of the Russian Embassy in BiH that in the event of a practical rapprochement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and NATO, it will have to react to what they called 'a hostile step'.

On December 5, 2018, Bosnia and Herzegovina has been admitted to the Membership Action Program (MAP). A year later, the BiH presidency decided to accept a document called the Reform Program, which was supposed to mean the country's continuation towards stronger integration into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The reform program is no different from the Annual National Program (ANP) prepared by any country wishing to become a member of NATO. It is a plan of achievement and planned reform in several areas, including political, security, legal and defense reforms.

"We call on BiH friends to think carefully, to weigh all the pros and cons, to take into account the opinion of all residents of the country who are far from consensus on this issue," it was said in a press release from the Russian Embassy in BiH.

The statement from the Russian Embassy in BiH came a day after the BiH Commission for Cooperation with NATO was constituted, based on the decision of the Council of Ministers of February 24, 2021.

(FENA) S. R.

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