The rescheduling of the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Bosnia is a result of obstructions coming from Sarajevo, the President of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated part, Milorad Dodik, said on Saturday.
“All of a sudden the meeting between the members of Bosnia’s Presidency and Lavrov is being cancelled, because (Bosniak Presidency member) Bakir Izetbegovic has some problems, so he could not come, and the Americans suggested he shouldn’t do that (meet with Lavrov),” Dodik told journalists in Sargovac, near Banja Luka.
Dodik, who is the president of Bosnia’s semi-autonomous Republika Srpska (RS) entity, said that unspecified US actors suggested to Izetbegovic that Lavrov should not be received on a high diplomatic level .
“And when Lavrov probably found out about this, then the date of his visit was moved. Those who know more about this should be asked,” he said.
Lavrov was initially supposed to be in Bosnia on September 16 and 17, but he has rescheduled the visit to September 21.
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