Russia and China should be asked now to name their own special envoys in the Balkans, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik said commenting on the appointment of Richard Grenell as Washington's special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina talks, Serbian media carried on Sunday.
The President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik announced in Belgrade today that one of the possible solutions of the Kosovo issue is for the four municipalities in the north of Kosovo to remain in Serbia with Republika Srpska also joining the Republic of Serbia. ''If that is the solution, I will not oppose it,'' he told Belgrade's TV Prva, which was then picked up by Belgrade media.
Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency Chairman Milorad Dodik has told Kosovo President Hashim Thaci in Tirana to stop mentioning the Serb Republic (RS). The RS is the Serb entity in BiH.
Bosnian Serb leader and tripartite Presidency Chairman, Milorad Dodik, redrew the borders between Bosnia and Serbia, saying that some kind of integration between Serbia, Bosnia’s Republika Srpska (RS) entity and what he said is a Serb-dominated part of Montenegro must happen in the future.
“I know it won’t happen right now, but I'm sure it will happen in this century. One doesn’t have to be a genius to know that conditions will be met for this. This is our political wish,” Dodik told the Serbian Espreso.rs portal.
Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency Chairman Milorad Dodik says the possibility of a declaration of independence of the RS at a future time is not ruled out. The Serb Republic (RS) is the Serb entity in BiH, the other being the Muslim-Croat Federation (FBiH).
"I cannot rule out any movements in the future, and even a proclamation of independence of the RS. Whatever context somebody may put it in, I think it's quite rational," Dodik said in an interview for the Public Service of BiH (BHT).
There was never a talk with representatives of the international community about what Serbia would like as an outcome in the negotiations with Pristina, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in an interview for Sunday's edition of the Belgrade based daily Politika, answering the question of whether in the past the issue of the Serbian position has been raised in discussions with influential Western officials.
Republic of Srpska (in Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Serbia will continue to act together and give a single response to all challenges, Chairman of Bosnian Presidency and Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik said on Thursday following a meeting with the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, BETA news agency reported.
According to SRNA news agency, the two leaders met to discuss the strategic issues related to the survival of the Serb people. The meeting was held without prior notice.
Bakir Izetbegovic, president of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), told Voice of America that he believes that in case Serbia recognizes Kosovo's independence, all radars will turn to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Izetbegovic commented on the possible outcome of Belgrade-Pristina relations, but also the relationship between BiH and Kosovo, and sees the only link between Kosovo and BiH in that "the same side that has done the violence against Albanians on Kosovo, and in BiH against the Bosniaks ".
The Serb Republic (RS) will separate from Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), above all because Serbs are extremely dissatisfied with the common life.
Former British diplomat Timothy Less told this to Belgrade weekly NIN in an interview.
Opposition People's Party leader Vuk Jeremic says that the position of the Serbian authorities towards Russia is "insincere and hypocritical."
He argued that Russia supports Serbia, but not the current authorities.
Jeremic told the srbin.info website that Russian President Vladimir Putin "does not trust Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic because of his relations with the West."