The institutions of the Federation of BiH are unwilling to help solve the problems faced by Serbs in this Entity, including those related to property protection, mother tongue studies, and social protection, said today’s meeting of the Committee for Protection of the Rights of Serbs in the FBiH, held at the National Assembly.

It is a process of which many Serb refugees remain unaware although it might end in their loss of property.

The problem of healthcare in the border areas of the Federation of BiH was also pointed out.

– Without the help of the governments of Srpska and Serbia, we cannot study our language, religion, culture, so we expect more significant help in the coming period. We place special emphasis on healthcare. The agreement with the Ministry of Health was signed in Drvar, Glamoč and Grahovo, but it happens that people return from Paprikovac or Prijedor hospital, without having received the service they expected. Therefore, that agreement is not operative in the true sense of the word – said a delegate in the House of Peoples of the FBiH Parliament, Goran Broćeta.

The Vice President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska, Denis Šulić, said that this institution wanted to help solve the problems of Serbs in FBiH.

The Minister of European Integration and International Cooperation of the Republic of Srpska, Zlatan Klokić, pointed out that the issue of healthcare concerned the border places between Srpska and FBiH.

– An initiative was launched on how to enable these people’s access to healthcare same as to other citizens of Srpska – said Klokić.

Today’s meeting was also attended by the director of the Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region at the Serbian Foreign Ministry, Arnaud Gouillon.

– We have come to see, together with the representatives of Srpska and Serbs in FBiH, how we can launch and expand the campaign we initiated a few months ago to inform the Serbs originating from FBiH about the process of harmonization of land registers and cadaster, during which they might lose their property without even being notified about it – said Gouillon.

Source: RTRS

Photo: Arnaud Gouillon