May. 13 2024
Source Page: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Knowledge Base profileFound: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Knowledge Base profile
Found: Bosnia and Herzegovina: secessionism in the Republika Srpska
May. 02 2024
Source Page: UK statement to the OSCE on developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2024Found: UK statement to the OSCE on developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2024
Oral Evidence Jan. 17 2024
Inquiry: The UK and the Western BalkansFound: Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Oral Evidence
Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: Report of the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 2024: UK responseFound: Report of the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 2024: UK response
Asked by: Baroness Helic (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) financial, and (2) non-financial, support they have provided to UK firms operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2020; and whether this support is contingent on any (a) environmental, or (b) transparency, commitments.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Lainston - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
We have not provided financial support to UK businesses operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2020. The Department for Business and Trade's Export Strategy sets out the support available, including the Export Support Service, a Country Director based in Sarajevo, the PM's Trade Envoy for the Western Balkans and a UK Export Finance Officer covering the region. UK companies focused on the green transition are a strategic priority for this support. Any UKEF support would follow robust transaction due diligence to ensure that any projects or contracts supported meet stringent international Environmental, Social and Human Rights standards.
Nov. 02 2023
Source Page: Bosnia and Herzegovina is and will remain a single sovereign and multi-ethnic country: UK statement at the UN Security CouncilFound: Bosnia and Herzegovina is and will remain a single sovereign and multi-ethnic country: UK statement at
Asked by: Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he had discussions with his counterparts in the EU on the UK rejoining the EUFOR peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina before it was renewed on 2 November 2023.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
The former Foreign Secretary spoke regularly with his EU counterparts about European security, including peace and security in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). While the UK has not sought to re-join European Union Force Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR) Operation Althea, we recognise EUFOR's vital importance to BiH's peace and security, and worked closely with international partners to secure the renewal of its mandate in the UN Security Council. We continue to support security and stability in BiH through our bilateral contributions, including support to the BiH Armed Forces. Personnel from the First Royal Anglian are currently in BiH, training with their Bosnian counterparts.
Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) sovereignty of Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina; condemns the attack by Serb nationalist militants - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) sovereignty of Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina; condemns the attack by Serb nationalist militants - Speech Link
3: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Sadly, it holds a veto over the security framework of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the renewal of EUFOR - Speech Link
4: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Elmet and Rothwell) Military investment in Bosnia and Herzegovina has stalled at 1% for a decade. - Speech Link
Asked by: Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Melton)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government plans to re-join the EUFOR peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the event that the mandate for that force is extended in November 2023.
Answered by James Heappey
Operation EUFOR Althea remains vital to Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) peace and security and the UK will support its mandate renewal in the UN Security Council in November. We continue to support security and stability in BiH through our contributions to NATO HQ in Sarajevo and through an extensive programme of bilateral support to the BiH Armed Forces.
We will keep the UK position on re-joining EUFOR under review - this would require approval from all EU member states.