DODIK TO MEET WITH NETANYAHU IN TEL AVIV TODAY

TEL AVIV, SEPTEMBER 17 /SRNA/ - President Milorad Dodik will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv today to discuss further strengthening relations.

"I will discuss with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu further strengthening relations and finalizing agreements on specific economic projects, as well as enhancing cultural and scientific cooperation, particularly cooperation between our universities," Dodik said. He stressed that Republika Srpska is building friendships and partnerships with everyone who respects it and sees it as a reliable partner. "We want to turn those friendships into concrete projects, investments, exchanges of knowledge and new opportunities for Srpska," Dodik said. The meeting with the Israeli prime minister is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. local time, or 2:30 p.m. Central European Time. The Republika Srpska delegation, headed by Dodik, also includes Acting Director of the Office for International Cooperation of Republika Srpska Ana Trišić-Babić and Republika Srpska Interior Minister Željko Budimir.