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Bosnian presidency members snub Russia's 'disrespectful' Lavrov | One America News Network

Bosnian presidency members snub Russia's 'disrespectful' Lavrov

(Reuters) – The Croat and Muslim Bosniak members of Bosnia’s inter-ethnic three-man presidency declined on Tuesday to meet Russia’s visiting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, saying he had shown disrespect towards their state.



Lavrov, whose nation is a champion of Serbian interests in Bosnia and the wider Balkans, met the Serb member of the presidency Milorad Dodik on Monday and again on Tuesday.

Croat presidency member Zeljko Komsic said the first meeting, in the Serb Republic’s government office just outside the capital Sarajevo, was insulting as no national flag was on display despite the Russian being on an official visit.

“Mr. Lavrov, as one of the worlds’ three top diplomats … is sending us a message … which we interpret as disrespectful and a denial of the state he is visiting,” Komsic told reporters.

He and Bosniak Muslim presidency member Sefik Dzaferovic did not attend a planned meeting with Lavrov at the presidency building in Sarajevo, where the Russian met Dodik again.

Komsic said that Lavrov, who on Monday backed the Serb Republic parliament’s resolution on military neutrality, knew a regional legislature cannot decide such strategic policy...

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