The President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, stated that the only way for Serbs in this region to survive is to preserve Srpska and Serbia at any cost.
“We must not enter into integrations where we would lose our sovereignty and identity. The Bosniaks want a unitary Bosnia and Herzegovina without Serbs. To achieve that, they need to abolish Republika Srpska, which is why we are the problem,” Dodik said.
He added that Serbs have no need to fight with either the West or the East but do need to cooperate with both without suffering from the East-West conflicts.
“I hope that, over the next four years of Donald Trump’s term, Serbs will have the opportunity to express their goals more freely, as they are outlined in the Declaration of the All-Serb Assembly, and we will bring them to fruition,” Dodik stated for “Večernje Novosti.”
When asked how much Hungarian Prime Minister and Russian President can aid Srpska’s economy if sanctions also include financial transactions, Dodik responded that their assistance is ongoing and significant.
Regarding BRICS, Dodik emphasized the importance of Republika Srpska’s presence in Kazan, where he met with many leaders, including Vladimir Putin.
“They can downplay it here in Bosnia as much as they want, but these are the facts. BRICS is not an alliance against anyone. It is an alliance that seeks to rehabilitate voluntary cooperation among states without interference in political systems,” Dodik emphasized.
He noted that the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina grants entities the right to engage in foreign policy matters with some form of consent from the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and that Srpska will certainly seek this consent, though he added that the Bosniaks will not grant it.
“We won’t give something else in return either. If they want tit for tat, they’ll get it. When we have agreed solutions, the Bosniaks block them, but when we oppose something, chaos ensues with astonishment as to how it’s possible for Srpska to block it,” Dodik reminded.
He also mentioned that whenever he attends meetings with politicians from the Federation, there’s a sense of adrenaline and tension, which is why he initially didn’t notice the cold in the very chilly building at the start of the last meeting.
“Only after two and a half hours did I feel the cold. I asked what was happening, and they told me there was no heating. The Parliamentary Assembly building in Bosnia and Herzegovina has no heating in the winter, nor air conditioning in the summer. The Bosniaks would sit in these rooms until they die, just to be in some state-owned building,” Dodik concluded.
Source: RTRS
