Minister Bozinovic has discussed the situation with the Croatian-Bosnian border, which has irritated many and left some feeling suspicious about the motives behind it.
Many have been asking the question of just why the Croatian border with Bosnia and Herzegovina is going to be opened so early following a significant ”import” of new coronavirus cases from that country. With many citing the upcoming elections, due to take place this weekend, others feel that the opening of that border negates everything that has been done so far in regard to anti-epidemic and restrictive measures.
In Petrinja, Minister Bozinovic talked to reporter Vanja Kranic from N1 television about the previously announced abolition of mandatory self-isolation for people entering Croatia from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“We’re still involved in these talks as the presiding [over the rotating presidency of the EU] country. The EU intends to open up to about fifteen countries, including Serbia and Montenegro. As far as Croatia is concerned, we will have Bosnia and Herzegovina on that list. You know that we had imports of the virus from those countries in the past few days, but it was several times higher from Serbia than it was from BiH,” explained Minister Bozinovic.
He added that what is important is that we have hotspots in Croatia that are firmly under control. “It isn’t something unexpected that the numbers are growing not only in Croatia, but also across Europe. Apparently, these all regard milder clinical pictures,” he pointed out.
When asked whether the Republic of Croatia will still open the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, even if this non-EU European country fails to find itself in the recommendations of the European Union, he answered:
”Recommendations are recommendations. It’s difficult to justify the fact that we had 25, 26 entries of the virus from Serbia, to whom we’re opening our borders and eight entries from Bosnia and Herzegovina where we should keep the borders closed,” Minister Bozinovic told N1.
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