(ANSA) - SARAJEVO, 28 MAG - Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik
called his recent visit to Moscow, where he met with Russian
President Vladimir Putin, a success. "We talked about various
issues, and I had the opportunity to report to Putin about the
decadent behavior of the West in relation to the person who was
not legally elected to the post of High Representative," Dodik
said at a press conference in Banja Luka, the capital of
Republika Srpska, the Serb-majority entity of Bosnia and
Herzegovina of which Dodik is president. The reference is to
Germany's Christian Schmidt, High Representative in the Balkan
country whose legitimacy Republika Srpska, Serbia and Russia do
not recognize, claiming he was not elected by a UN vote. With
Putin, Dodik also addressed the question of how Russia would act
should the illegal High Representative' impose his own decisions
on Republika Srpska, including on the property issue. "I said
that for us there are two paths - one is that we cease to exist,
the other is that we preserve our autonomy. The response
received was really encouraging. Putin understands the situation
and will not leave Republika Srpska alone," Dodik said. Strong
is the disagreement with the Bosnian Serb component and its
growing secessionist aspirations. Dodik then returned to accuse
the U.S. and British ambassadors in Sarajevo of hostile behavior
toward the Serb-majority entity of Bosnia. "They believe we are
a colony, which is why the fight against colonialism, as
ridiculous as it may seem, is one of the most important issues
we have to solve. We Serbs do not intend to endorse a new a new
era under the colonial administration of foreigners." (ANSA).
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