Political analyst Nikola Jović believes that the visit of the President of the Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, to Belarus and Russia is yet another confirmation of the good foreign policy leadership of the Serbian leadership.
Jović emphasized that it is precisely thanks to the stance of the leadership of the Republika Srpska that sanctions against Russia were not introduced and alignment on the anti-Russian side was avoided when it comes to relations with these two countries.
“We see that, as in the case of EU countries, the introduction of sanctions against Russia did not damage the Russian economy nearly as much as the economies of the countries that introduced them, and it would have been the same in the case of our introduction of sanctions,” said Jović.
He stressed that Serbia and the Republika Srpska are the only two political factors in Europe that have not succumbed to the pressures of the collective West and have not done what was done to the Serbs in the 1990s.
Jović reminded that the Serbs were then exposed to economic sanctions, political isolation, media demonization, and confrontation with NATO forces through Western intermediaries on the ground.
He pointed out that the West trains and equips its intermediaries with money, weapons, instructors, and volunteers, explaining that in Eastern Europe this refers to Ukrainians, and in the Balkans to Bosniaks, Croats, and Albanians, both in the past and today.
“As it is clear today that Russia, due to the current situation and its problems, cannot adequately help us as much as we would like, it is also clear that tomorrow’s new international order will be made with greater participation of Russia,” Jović assessed.
According to his opinion, by the same token, there will be more space and chances for achieving national rights tomorrow for all those who are not against Russia today, where Serbia and the Republika Srpska certainly belong, in more favorable global circumstances.
The President of the Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, is visiting the Russian city of Kazan today, where he is expected to meet with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
Previously, Dodik was on a two-day visit to Belarus during which he met with the President of that country, Alexander Lukashenko, and Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko.
Source: RTRS
