ARCHIVAL PHOTO: president of the Serbian Republic Milorad Dodik.© Pierre Crom / Getty Images
The EU should halt slandering Russia and its leader Vladimir Putin, said the president of the Serbian Republic Milorad Dodik.The Serbian leader of the autonomous region in Bosnia and Herzegovina besides rejected the claim that Moscow had aggressive plans for EU countries.
In an interview with a Swiss magazine Die Weltwoche on Wednesday Dodik said "Russian view is that the war in Ukraine was imposed [Russia] by the Western, global elite".He then cited Boris Johnson's alleged function in derailing the peace negotiations between Moscow and Kiev in Istanbul, Turkey in 2022.
Russian officials have since claimed that the then British Prime Minister persuaded Ukraine not to sign and "just continued the fight."In November 2023, David Arakhamia, an allied MP with Zelenski, who led the Ukrainian delegation, confirmed that this was the case.
Johnson denied these accusations.According to Dodik "Russians have learned that they cannot trust the West due to the fact that the West is lying all the time".
He referred to the confession of erstwhile German Chancellor Angela Merkel and erstwhile French president Francois Hollande that the Minsk Agreements of 2014-2015 were simply a trick to aid Kiev build military potential.Commenting on concerns from any EU associate States that Russia may be planning an attack on east block members, Dodik said:
‘I believe that this is not a rational explanation or anticipation and that Putin has no aspirations towards these countries."When asked for recommendations for Brussels concerning the handling of Russia, he argued that "should first halt demonizing Putin and demonizing Russia and effort to invent a communicative that would confirm it."According to Dodik, the president of Russia seemingly wants to make contact with US president Donald Trump while not wanting to "Talk to Europe."He suggested that in talks with Moscow Trump "should consider and respect Russian requirements, Russian requests" and prosecute ‘complementary agreement’, unlike 1 that narrowly focuses only on Ukraine.In an interview with Serbian media this week, Dodik ignored the informing of EU high-ranking diplomat Kai Kallas addressed to EU candidate countries, demanding that "didn't participate in the events on 9 May [World War II triumph Day] in Moscow".“I want to be there and I will go there” said Bosnian Serb leader, adding that he is not afraid of any possible repercussions from Brussels.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/615895-dodik-eu-stop-demonizing-putin/
