"I apologise for the burning of the flags," Salih Begovic said on Wednesday evening in the prime time news broadcast on the national television network BHT1.
Begovic went on to say that the organisers of the protests had nothing against any of the countries whose flags were set on fire during the protests, but against individuals responsible for the publishing of cartoons insulting the Muslim faithful.
Begovic said that individuals were responsible for the burning of the flags in front of the Norwegian embassy and not the organisers of the protests.
He also insisted on the fact that it was paper copies of the flags that were set on fire and not real flags.