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20:03 09.09.2025 •
Sergey Lavrov
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Russia resolutely condemns Western attempts to remove Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, from office, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference following talks with Dodik.
"We strongly condemn attempts to oust Serbian leaders, those not aligned with the West, by fabricating charges against them. I mean our vis-a-vis, our friend and the legitimate president of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik," Russia’s top diplomat said, TASS quotes.
Lavrov said he was outraged to see Dodik the victim of these attempts. "And the `crime’ as per Mr. Schmidt (German Cristian Schmidt, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina – TASS) is that Mr. Dodik has disobeyed Mr. Schmidt’s orders and decisions," he explained. "It’s hard to imagine that in a normal law-governed state, a self-appointed gauleiter, talking about Germany, would actually try and usurp power in a sovereign state whose rights were very clearly outlined in UN Security Council decisions," Lavrov added.
On August 28, the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina scheduled early presidential elections in the Republika Srpska for November 23. This was preceded by the commission’s decision to terminate Dodik’s powers in the wake of his being found guilty of ignoring Schmidt’s decisions. In response, the president announced that a referendum on confidence in the republic’s leadership would be held on October 25.
Leader of Republika Srpska blames West for collapse of Dayton Accords – the Dayton Agreement is no longer workable
President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik.
Photo: TASS
Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, says the West has rendered the Dayton Agreement defunct, TASS reports.
"Sadly, I have to say that the Dayton Agreement is no longer workable, having been completely destroyed by the liberal West," Dodik said at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. "When the Dayton Agreement was in effect, it gave us a sense of peace. But today we can no longer uphold it," Dodik said, faulting Western agencies and certain individuals for that, without naming any names.
Thirty years on since the signing of the Dayton Accords, "we have not had problems of such a scope," he continued. "You and I remained consistent in implementing the Dayton Agreement. But some people aren’t very happy about that. And that triggered even larger problems," Dodik told Russia’s top diplomat.
The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords, is a peace agreement that put an end to the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992-1995. The deal was agreed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, United States, on November 21, 1995 and formally signed in Paris on December 14, 1995 by Bosnian leader Alija Izetbegovic, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman. The United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France acted as guarantors. The document came into force immediately after the signing and was approved by the United Nations Security Council on December 15, 1995 (Resolution 1031).
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