Global Insider: Serbia-Bosnia Ties on an Upward Trajectory

The foreign ministers of Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina met earlier this month to sign a deal on sharing consular services, calling it a new era in the bilateral relationship. In an email interview, Srecko Latal, a Balkans analyst at the International Crisis Group, discussed relations between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

WPR: How have Serbia-Bosnia relations evolved over the past decade?

Srecko Latal: Relations between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia have significantly improved over the past several years, from very difficult and tense relations at the end of the 1990s to the current situation in which both countries seem to understand that stability better suits their own progress. However, many issues still remain open, especially the recent war history, which is still politicized and used for internal propaganda purposes from time to time.

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