BiH won't even consider recognizing Kosovo

Not only will Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) not recognize Kosovo - it will not even consider doing it, says the country's foreign minister, Igor Crnadak.

Crnadak told the agency Fena on Friday that Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj urging Sarajevo to recognize Kosovo "will have no effect," and described Haradinaj's statements as "futile."

The issue of recognizing Kosovo will not even be considered by the end of the mandate of the current Council of Ministers, he added.

"There is no recognition of Kosovo in BiH not thanks to the position of Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) and Croats, but precisely because of the position of representatives of the Serb Republic (RS), and those parties that make up the authorities on the BiH level, and are in power in the RS. Everyone's united on this issue and there is no chance of that situation changing," Crnadak said.

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