The National Assembly of the Serbian entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, has approved late on Tuesday the so-called Declaration for the protection of national and political rights and the common future of the Serbian people, which emerged from an “All-Serbian Assembly” last month in Belgrade.

The declaration, approved on June 8 in Belgrade at a joint meeting of the Government of Serbia and the Government of Republika Srpska, consists of 49 points.

It states that the Serbian people “constitute a single entity” and that, although “throughout history, the Serbian people have lived in many states with different names, they have the right to preserve their rich tradition.”

The adoption of this Declaration has been condemned by the members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Beqirović and Zeljko Komšić, as well as by the United States Embassy in Sarajevo.

Adopted in the “All-Serbian Assembly” regarding the Dayton Agreement and the independent state of Bosnia and Herzegovina “do not represent the protection of the Dayton Agreement, as the authors claim, but they are a planned attack on this agreement and on the state institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina”.

On June 10, the American Embassy in Sarajevo described the Declaration as dangerous and full of errors.

The President of the Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, in his speech before the deputies, said that “the aspirations of the Serbs are unfulfilled”.

“We have the right to a unique action and it is not directed against anyone”, said Dodik.

At the same time, Ramiz Salkic, member of the Assembly of Republika Srpska, said that “the declaration does not offer stability or good neighborly relations, but continues to establish this entity as the exclusive territory of Serbs”.

Meanwhile, at the June 8 meeting in Belgrade, it was insisted on, as it has been said, “the use of the full name of the southern Serbian province – Kosovo and Metohija” – as a reference to the state of Kosovo.

In addition to the part about the name, the Declaration also mentions that Kosovo “is an inalienable part of Serbia”, and that the All-Serbian Assembly supports the efforts of the Republic of Serbia to preserve territorial integrity and sovereignty, guaranteed by international law, Resolution 1244 and other resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.

Among other things, it is mentioned that Serbs in Kosovo, as well as all other citizens who are loyal to Serbia, must protect monasteries, churches, private properties, cemeteries and other endangered objects, writes Radio Free Europe.

The signatories of the Declaration have also condemned what they considered intolerable living conditions of Serbs in Kosovo, created by the authorities of Pristina, but without mentioning any concrete facts.

In another point, the need to create the Association of municipalities with a Serbian majority in Kosovo, and the continuation of the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue in Brussels, was mentioned as the only sustainable way to solve the problem.

Serbia does not recognize Kosovo’s independence and is constantly engaged in lobbying campaigns against Kosovo.

The two countries have been in dialogue in Brussels, for the normalization of relations, since 2011.

The parties have signed a number of agreements, but not all have been implemented.