The U.S. State Department on June 11 restated its support for the unity of Bosnia-Herzegovina following the gathering of a so-called All-Serbian Assembly on June 8 under the slogan "One People, One Assembly -- Serbia and Srpska." Western leaders have condemned any suggestions by leaders of Republika Srpska -- the Serb-led entity of Bosnia -- to separate from the country. "As we have consistently made clear, we firmly support the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and multiethnic character of Bosnia-Herzegovina, of which Republika Srpska is a part," the State Department said in a statement. Since the Dayton peace agreements that ended the 1992-95 Bosnian War, the country has consisted of a Bosniak-Croat federation and the mostly ethnic Serb Republika Srpska under a weak central government.
U.S. Restates Support For Multiethnic Bosnia Following 'All-Serbian Assembly'
Serbian nationalists gather in Belgrade on June 8 for the "All-Serbian Assembly."