DODIK: RUSSIA NEVER ISSUES ULTIMATUMS, IT ALWAYS TENDS TO HELP

BANJA LUKA, APRIL 21 /SRNA/ – SNSD Leader Milorad Dodik emphasized that meetings with representatives of the Russian Federation are always pleasant as they involve dialogue rather than ultimatums, adding that Russian officials have always shown respect for one’s position, always intending to help rather than impose.

"Bosniaks in BiH have an incorrect stance on the Russian Federation, as it defends the Dayton Peace Agreement as the foundation of BiH's existence, it is a guarantor of that agreement. Russia has never encouraged us to undertake unilateral actions contrary to that agreement," Dodik said at a press conference in Banja Luka, attended by Republika Srpska President Siniša Karan and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.