DODIK: THE PATH TO THE EU IS A DELUSION AND A FRAUD, EUROPEAN VALUES HAVE COLLAPSED

MOSCOW, September 9 /SRNA/ - President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik stated today that BiH's so-called European path is a delusion and a fraud, that Europe is in the final stage of its instability, and that its values have collapsed.

"For 30 years the EU has been telling us that we decide whether we want to join, yet it does everything to enforce that path through pressure and by completely disorganizing BiH. That is why the EU is paying a high price, and I believe it is now in the final phase of its instability," Dodik said at a press conference in Moscow following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Dodik said he is pleased that Russia, under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, has returned to the global stage as a great power - something no one disputes anymore. "I welcome the talks Putin is holding with /US President Donald/ Trump. Unlike Russia, Europe is sterile and failed. It promoted values that have collapsed, such as freedom of movement. Now we see barbed wire fences going up at every border," Dodik pointed out. He argued that Europe has been fractured by the migration policies of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "Europe has no raw materials, and that is why it supports /Ukrainian President Volodymyr/ Zelenskyy - because they think they can gain control over Russia's resources. Europe has no leaders. Today's leaders cannot even govern their own countries," Dodik stressed. The President of Srpska emphasized that a multipolar world should be understood not as something imposed by force or barriers, but as a chance to balance relations among global powers, while small countries can adapt and remain free to decide what is best for them. "That is what we see as the future course of development," Dodik concluded.