4 August 2021 

The President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, met today with the Serbian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, the President of the Republic of Srpska, Željka Cvijanović, the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska, Nedeljko Čubrilović, and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Srpska, Radovan Višković, with whom he discussed aspects of economic cooperation between Serbia and Srpska, the problems facing the Serbian people, as well as the improvement of overall regional cooperation.

"Due to all obligations today, Serbia and Srpska will mark together 26 years since the beginning of the criminal operation ‘Storm’, mass murders of Serbs and the largest ethnic persecution in modern Europe tonight in Busije", said President Vučić ahead of the meeting with the Serbian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, and representatives of the Republic of Srpska.

President Vučić pointed out that he had carefully listened to the representatives of the Republic of Srpska and that all important topics related to the situation in the region, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the Republic of Srpska had been discussed at the meeting, emphasizing that decisions must be made in accordance with the interests and with the consent of the three peoples and that this is the essence and spirit of the Dayton Agreement.

"The position of the Republic of Serbia is that imposed decisions are never good. Serbia has expressed a desire to respect the Dayton Peace Agreement and to preserve peace and stability in the entire region", said President Vučić, adding that Serbia respects the territorial integrity of B&H, but also of the Republic of Srpska within B&H.

President Vučić conveyed that all economic projects that are of essential importance were also discussed at the meeting, as well as that Serbia, together with a consortium of Serbian companies, will not only build, but also pay 80 percent of the road from Raca to Bjeljina.

"We will also build a bridge on the Sava – it will be a contribution to friendship and brotherhood with the Serbian people and with all peoples in B&H", the president said, adding that they also talked about energy projects and the Belgrade-Sarajevo highway, as well as further support in the field of health and social policy that Serbia will continue to provide to the Republic of Srpska.

"It is very important for us to bring the draft law on the protection and use of our Serbian language and the Cyrillic alphabet by Unity Day, to have the same norms on that issue", said President Vučić and underlined that all great European nations preserved their identity through language and script.

"Every conversation is good and we will always have all the attention and time of this world to hear the representatives of our people, because we Serbs belong to the same family and do no harm to anyone if we protect our Serbian language, we just want to preserve our name, our identity and the right to a future for our children", concluded President Vučić and emphasized that in the future, Srpska will always be able to count on an even greater support from Serbia.

After the meeting with the representatives of the Republic of Srpska, President Vučić also met with the representatives of non-parliamentary parties that do not want the participation of foreign representatives in the inter-party dialogue, as well as the representatives of the ruling and opposition parties in the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska. Source: www.predsednik.rs

Photo: Tanjug/Zoran Žestić