Chairmen of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

A session of Serbia's Council for National Security will be convened on Wednesday.

A day after Bakir Izetbegovic told Deutsche Welle that he hopes Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) will recognize Kosovo, his cabinet issued a statement.

Tanjug said on Tuesday that it was reporting this statement in its entirety, as follows:

Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency member Bakir Izetbegovic has told Germany's Deutsche Welle broadcaster that he "hopes BiH will recognize Kosovo."

Tanjug reported earlier in the day that this Muslim (Bosniak) member of the country's tripartite presidency said this would in fact happen - and "should have been done before."

Bakir Izetbegovic saying that he hopes Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) will recognize Kosovo represented "a dangerous provocation."

This is according to former US Ambassador to Serbia William Montgomery.

Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency member Bakir Izetbegovic has told Germany's Deutsche Welle broadcaster that he "hopes BiH will recognize Kosovo."

Tanjug reported earlier in the day that this Muslim (Bosniak) member of the country's tripartite presidency said this would in fact happen - and "should have been done before."

Bakir Izetbegovic says that his father, Alija Izetbegovic, left it to Turkish President Recep Tajjip Erdogan to "safeguard" Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH).

According to him, this happened during "one of the last conversations Izetbegovic had with Erdogan."

Bakir Izetbegovic says that his father, Alija Izetbegovic, left it to Turkish President Recep Tajjip Erdogan to "safeguard" Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH).

According to him, this happened during "one of the last conversations Izetbegovic had with Erdogan."

Bakir Izetbegovic, the member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Monday criticized Czech President Milos Zeman's statement that terrorists could create a base in the Balkan country, stressing that it was a "dangerous lie."

Bakir Izetbegovic says that "even the attempt" of the RS to secede from Bosnia would lead to a conflict with unforeseeable consequences for the Balkans.

Izetbegovic, who represents Bosniaks (Muslims) in the tripartite presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, said this was "the red line" that RS President Milorad Dodik "should under no circumstances cross."

Bosnia's House of Representatives voted on Thursday to dismiss deputy defence minister Sead Jusic, who was accused of breaching the law for agreeing to allow a Bosnian Army presence at January's anniversary celebration of the establishment of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska despite a Constitutional Court ban.