Bono, the U2 frontman, could reportedly be stripped of his Bosnian passport by the country's government, after it was awarded to him more than 10 years ago, Daily Telegraph writes.
Late president Alija Izetbegovic honoured the singer in recognition of his campaign work for the war-ravaged country when U2 performed in the capital Sarajevo in 1997.
At the time he compared Bosnia and Herzegovina to Northern Ireland, saying: "It's a small country and we have been divided also. We are trying to wrestle our world from the fools of the past and give it to the wise men of the future."
But the country’s Council of Ministers now claim that the country's laws do not allow for the conferral of honorary citizenships and are reportedly planning to have it revoked.
According to Bosnian media reports, the issue was raised when Bono recently commented during U2 concerts in Zagreb, Croatia, that his Bosnian passport was one of his most treasured possessions.
“If we establish that a passport was given outside a regular legal procedure, we will have no other option but to take it away. We cut no slack to anybody, not even for Bono,” Bosnia’s Civil Affairs Minister Sredoje Novic reportedly said.