No surprises: Hungary will not accept ruling against Milorad Dodik, says Orbán
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Hungary would not recognise a ruling against Bosnian Serb president Milorad Dodik at a talk at the MCC Feszt in Esztergom on Saturday.
Orbán said it was “unacceptable” for a “viceroy” delegated from the European Union to remove and judge the president elected by the Bosnian Serbs. He added that the step was not taken because of corruption, but because he had not implemented certain decisions that had come from the EU.
“President Dodik remains the elected leader of the Serbs living in Bosnia, and we will shape our policy accordingly,” he said. Orbán said the European Union had passed up the “historical opportunity” to integrate the new states formed after the breakup of Yugoslavia.
He said Hungary needed to forge a historic alliance with the Serbs. “If Hungary wants to remain strong, it cannot do so without an alliance with the Serbs. And the Serbs also need cooperation with Hungary,” he added.
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