The commemoration of the Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and the National Flag was held in Bijeljina, and BiH Presidency member Milorad Dodik used the occasion to glorify Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, but also to call Republika Srpska a state again, alluding to secession.
On the Square of King Peter the First Karađorđević in Bijeljina, the Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and the National Flag, which was established as such last year, was celebrated today.
The ceremony was also attended by the president of Republika Srpska Željka Cvijanović, members of the entity government, the president of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, and the prime minister of that country Ana Brnabić.
During his address to those present, Dodik once again, in a controversial manner, greeted Vučić with the words that he is welcome to his own, but also among his own. The member of the BiH Presidency did not stop there, saying that the Republika Srpska is a state.
“Mr. Vučić, I want to say to you and your delegation: ‘Welcome to yours, but also to yours.’ marked the dates that are important for our national being. We are brought together by history, the present, but the future will also bring us together. We must remain firm and persevering. With the policies we lead in the RS and Serbia, we mark this day, convinced that we will do so in the future as well.” said Dodik.
The unity of Serbia and Republika Srpska, as he said, is reflected at every step.
“Mr. Vučić, you are the one who is ready to initiate every new step, even the small one. Thank you for your support. We in the Republika Srpska want to connect Banja Luka with Bijeljina as soon as possible and beyond, via Rača with Serbia. Let’s not think anymore how to pass where we don’t want to go. We want to travel through our country and say that this is one country. Today, Serbs have two states – Republika Srpska and Serbia. But today, Serbs must know that we will always strive to fight for unity.” Dodik stated.
He added that Serbia and Republika Srpska are more and more one and that they are more and more turned towards each other.
“Long live Republika Srpska. Long live Serbia and the Serbian people wherever they are. Next time we will live for something else,” said Dodik, obviously alluding to secession at the end, which the gathered citizens also began to comment on.
On the other hand, Vučić told those present that this day is not only the day in which three words and symbols are commemorated, but the very essence of the existence of that nation.
“Those who want to be different must be free, and those who want to be free must be united and unique.
Everything else leads us in the opposite direction, the loss of territory, people and everything that we have built. Everything else implies our new defeats and thousands of lives that will be thrown away again, before we realize that we can only change the thrones united. Peace and freedom are preserved only under one flag, and my call today is that we gather, unite so that we can live freely and in peace and provide a future for our children,” said Vučić.
The President of Serbia is staying in the area of Bijeljina today, and earlier today he attended the official start of works on the construction of the Rača – Bijeljina highway, Klix.ba reports.
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