Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked today in Kazan, Tatarstan, the President of republika Srpska (entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Milorad Dodik for maintaining relations between the two countries.
“We are grateful to you for maintaining regular relations with Russia,” the Russian leader said at a bilateral meeting with Dodik in Kazan.
“I am sure that this visit of yours will be useful and we will be able to use the time to discuss bilateral relations in many areas. We know that the situation in the Republic (Republika Srpska) is not easy and we are ready to discuss this as well,” the Russian leader said.
Dodik replied that the Republic of Serbia does not support anti-Russian sanctions.
“We are trying to discourage any opportunity to join the sanctions against Russia. They keep trying to convince us that we are doing it literally every day. Of course, we refuse to move towards NATO membership”, he stressed.
Dodik added that the West is exerting great pressure on Republika Srpska, the country is in a “difficult situation”, literally “under the protection” of Western countries, RIA Novosti reports.


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