ANĐELKOVIĆ: PUBLIC AGAINST RADICAL CHANGES IN POLICY TOWARDS SRPSKA

BELGRADE, OCTOBER 26 /SRNA/ – Political analyst Dragomir Anđelković believes that the Student List’s victory in Serbia’s snap parliamentary elections would not lead to radical changes in the country’s policy towards Republika Srpska or its foreign policy towards Russia, as the public opposes it.

Anđelković stresses that the public is not ready to support moves that would undermine national interests.

He pointed out that it is evident there were those within the Student List, i.e. within the future government, who hold firm national positions and those excessively oriented towards the EU.

"There will be a contest between different approaches within the Student List, only then will we be able to see whether a change in foreign policy is realistic in the coming period. This will not be measured in months; it will take a year or more," Anđelković said.

Given the prevailing public sentiment, Anđelković believes that an approach which is not national will not prevail.

Speaking about the Kremlin’s future official stance towards Belgrade, Anđelković said that Russia had never exerted pressure on Serbia.

"I believe that, as long as Serbia does not turn against Russia, and I believe it will not, because public opposes it, Russia will not change any of the support Serbia needs, from support for the Kosovo and Metohija issue at the UN to the gas agreement," he said.

Regarding Republika Srpska, Anđelković said that Russia maintained direct relations with it and did not view Srpska through the prism of Serbia.

"Russia is developing strategic relations with Republika Srpska, and I believe that Srpska will be even more significant," Anđelković added.

He believes that it is extremely important for the Serb people as a nation that no clashes occurred during the elections, because as he says, enemies of Serbs are circling like vultures across Serbia, Republika Srpska and the Serb space, hoping for a conflict so that they could then use as an opportunity to impose occupation under the pretext of restoring order.

Anđelković said that the Serb people had avoided the worst and that it was now up to them to find a way to consolidate Serbia, fight crime, corruption and other negative phenomena, while continuing to protect their national interests.