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News 19 Feb 16
Russia to Train Bosnian Serb Special Police

Special units of the police of Republika Srpska will be trained in Russia from where the government of the entity is keen to buy military equipment, the Ministry of Interior said.
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Dragan Lukac, Interior Minister of Republika Srpska, the Serb-dominated entity of Bosnia, said the entity government will soon send its special police units for training in Russia and is also keen to buy military equipment from Moscow.
"It's a really important opportunity to train the special units of our police with Russian units, which are known and respected all over the world," Lukac told the Banja Luka-based newspaper Nezavisne Novine on Friday.
He added that working with the Russian police would be of great importance, especially in terms of dealing with terrorism, Nezavisne Novine reported.
Details of the cooperation between the two police forces were included in a protocol signed last year in Moscow by the Russian and RS Ministries of Interior, Lukac explained.
According to Lukac, cooperation with the Russian police should also concern exchanges of information in the fight against narcotics and human trafficking.
The RS police units will also get specific trainings on investigation techniques and forensic analysis.
Lukac explained also that the authorities in RS are interested in buying military equipment from Russia, including armored vehicles equipped with water cannons and Kalashnikov rifles, which are commonly used by police in the region, he noted.
According to Milos Solaja, professor of Political Sciences of Banja Luka and an expert in international relations, closer cooperation between the police of Republika Srpska and Russia is not surprising.
"Russia is trying to consolidate its presence in the international scene, not only in the Balkans but in other regions as well," Solaja told BIRN on Friday.
"There is no doubt that Moscow is interested in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in Republika Srpska, for at least three reasons: first, the country is still not in NATO, so this situation gives Moscow more freedom when it has to deal with us, " Solaja said.
"Second, there are common characteristics between Russia and RS - their residents are Slavs, orthodox, and have a common Socialist past; finally, Russia has some commercial interests in this entity, like the refineries in Brod and Modrica," he said.




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La République serbe de Bosnie proclame sa neutralité militaire


Reuters 18/10/2017

La République serbe de Bosnie (Republika Srpska) s'est déclarée mercredi "militairement neutre" alors que le gouvernement central de Sarajevo, les Bosniaques musulmans et les Croates de Bosnie-Herzégovine sont favorables à une adhésion du pays à l'Union européenne et à l'Otan.

L'Alliance atlantique avait mené des frappes contre les Serbes lors de la guerre en Bosnie en 1995, puis quatre ans plus tard lors du conflit du Kosovo.

La Republika Srpska est l'une des deux régions autonomes de Bosnie-Herzégovine créées après la guerre des années 1990, lorsque la Yougoslavie avait éclaté. L'autre région est la fédération qui réunit les Croates et les musulmans bosniaques.

Le gouvernement central de Sarajevo est responsable des questions militaires.

Le président de la République serbe, le nationaliste Milorad Dodik, insiste pour qu'un éventuel rapprochement avec l'Alliance atlantique soit soumis à un référendum dans sa région.

A Banja Luka, l'Assemblée nationale de la Republika Srpska, dans une résolution adoptée mercredi, "a décidé de proclamer sa neutralité militaire (...) par rapport aux alliances militaires existantes, dans l'attente d'un possible référendum sur cette question".

Ce texte a été adopté à une courte majorité après plusieurs heures de débats, l'opposition ayant mené une politique d'obstruction sur des questions de procédure.

Les élus musulmans se sont abstenus, estimant que l'Assemblée de la République serbe ne pouvait pas se prononcer sur les affaires de défense, qui sont de la compétence du gouvernement de Sarajevo.

https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1079024/la-republique-serbe-de-bosnie-proclame-sa-neutralite-militaire.html

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Ministarstvo odbrane BiH/Ministry of Defence of BiH  

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Ministarstvo odbrane i Oružane snage BiH/MoD&AF of BiH  

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Ministarstvo odbrane i Oružane snage BiH/MoD&AF of BiH  

Don d'une vingtaine de HUMVEE des USA.

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United States Embassy to Bosnia and Herzegovina  

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Bosnia and Herzegovina buys Huey II helicopters

Igor Bozinovski, Skopje - Jane's Defence Weekly

17 December 2019


Bosnia and Herzegovina has finally initiated the long-postponed process of modernising the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (OSBiH) Air Force and Air Defence Brigade (brZSiPZO). The nation's defence minister, Marina Pendeš, and the US ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Eric Nelson, signed a USD38.5 million contract in Sarajevo on 13 December for the acquisition of four Huey II light utility helicopters, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on its website.

Sarajevo is contributing nearly USD4.4 million and the US the remainder under its Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programmes.

The procurement will be conducted in 2020–23.

https://www.janes.com/article/93243/bosnia-and-herzegovina-buys-huey-ii-helicopters

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Bosnia-Herzegovina receives four Bell Huey II helicopters

Defense Aviation News December 2021 aerospace air force industry

POSTED ON WEDNESDAY, 08 DECEMBER 2021 15:37


According to information published by Sarajevo Times on December 8, 2021, the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) receive four Bell Huey II helicopters from the United States.



The Huey II is an upgraded version of the Bell UH-1H multimission, medium-lift helicopter (Picture source: Bell)


Huey II is an upgraded version of Bell UH-1H multimission, medium-lift helicopter, designed and manufactured by Bell Helicopter, a subsidiary of Textron. The upgrade is intended to provide improved performance over the standard version.

The helicopter can be configured for a variety of missions, including troop transport, cargo, search-and-rescue, special operations, disaster response and firefighting.

The first member of the prolific Huey family, it was developed by Bell Helicopter to meet a 1952 US Army requirement for a medical evacuation and utility helicopter, and first flew in 1956.

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