Croatia Ex-PM's 'Chaotic Bosnia' Comments Spark Debate

Bosnians took to Twitter and Facebook after Zagreb-based newspaper Jutarnji List on Wednesday leaked the audio of SDP leader and former prime minister Milanovic effectively describing Bosnia as a failed state.

"Bosnia is not a [real] country... you don't have anybody to talk with there," Milanovic said on the tape, recorded during a conversation with two representatives of Croatian war veterans, Josip Klemm and Drazimir Jukic.

"You don't have order [in Bosnia]," Milanovic added.

Bosnian politicians have so far not commented on what Milanovic said.

But local media reported that many Bosnians responded by saying that his comments were not a shock.

"Milanovic has simply read a tweet from some citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina aloud," one Twitter user commented.

Milanović je samo naglas čitao tvit nekog Bosanca il' Hercegovca. Šta je problem

— Mirza J. Ćatibušić (@catacatko) August 25, 2016

"I don't know what has Milanovic said that is so offensive, we knew this already," another comment said.

Pa ja ne znam šta Milanović reče,da se mi uvrijedimo. To smo sve znali i prije.

— Stojan Pejic (@PejicStojan) August 25, 2016

"Unfortunately [Milanovic] said nothing wrong... this is true, here you don't have anybody to talk to and agree with. I love Bosnia more than myself, but it is a sinking ship," another Bosnian commented on the Facebook page of Dnevni Avaz, a Sarajevo-based newspaper.

During the leaked conversation, Milanovic also said that if Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska secedes from the country, Bosnian Croats will be left in a country mostly inhabited by Bosniaks.

"What will we do then? Do we want to leave Croats from...

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