Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik announced that he will soon travel to Moscow, where he will lobby for “support for the independence of Republika Srpska.” He intends to go back to Russia in October and meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“I will soon go to Moscow, where I will hold meetings with influential people. I think that sometime in October I will go back to Russia and I will be able to meet with the Russian president again. And now I will go to encourage our Russian friends to prepare for the UN General Assembly, I will ask them to clarify this situation and to support us in our desire to hold a referendum and gain independence,” he said.

Dodik reiterated that he will ask Russia to veto the continued presence of the European Union peacekeeping mission ALTEA in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which he considers an “occupation factor.” "I will most likely ask our Russian friends to revoke the consent and impose a veto on the European international forces in the Security Council," Dodik said. | BGNES