NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks as he meets members of the Bosnian tripartite presidency Zeljka Cvijanovic, Zeljko Komsic and Denis Becirevic, during a visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina March 10, 2025. REUTERS/Amel Emric
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - NATO fully supports Bosnia's territorial integrity and political leaders should resolve tensions that have been fuelled by a jail sentence imposed on the president of the Bosnian Serb region, the alliance's Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Monday.
Tensions have been running high in Bosnia since a court last month sentenced the Serb region's pro-Russian president, Milorad Dodik, to one year in jail and banned him from politics for six years. He rejected the verdict and the Serb regional parliament barred the national police and judiciary from its territory.
