'RS President and Kosovo Foreign Minister old friends'

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Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli is an old friend of Republika Srpska entity President Milorad Dodik, and in days to come, more information about their meetings and agreement will be known, Bosnia's Foreign Minister told N1.

Pacolli was invited to attend the informal meeting of foreign ministers of the South-East Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP) in Bosnia's northwestern city of Banja Luka, but his presence was strongly objected by Milorad Dodik, President of Bosnia's Serb dominated entity, Republika Srpska (RS).

During the informal meeting of foreign ministers of the South-East Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP) in Bosnia's north-western city of Banja Luka, Bosnia received full support for its priorities and topics it nominated, Bosnia's Igor Crnadak confirmed.  

“First, one must know that this was the fourth ministerial meeting that I've organised, since I was elected Minister. This is a great affirmation of our work and Dodik is obviously jealous that great things are hapenning in Banjaluka, and he's not part of them,” he told N1. “Kosovo is part of the SEECP since 2014, after they reached an agreement with all member-states. It's very important to note that (Dodik's party) the Alliance of independent Social Democrats (SNSD) voted for their participation in the group.”

“Pacolli is an old friend of Dodik's, they've been friends for over 10 years. More details on their meetings will be known in the next few days. The latest I've heard is that they're offering him a chance to privatize Banjaluka airport,” Crnadak stressed.