President of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian (BiH) entity Republika Srpska (RS), Milorad Dodik, stated that the German Minister for Europe and Climate, Anna Luhrmann, came to Banja Luka on Friday to “further belittle RS and interfere in the internal affairs of RS and BiH.”
“For that reason, the RS Government told her she is not welcome,” said Dodik to journalists in Banja Luka.
He assessed that the arrival of the German minister in Banja Luka, without prior notification to the RS authorities, with the intention of speaking with the opposition and not with the people who are the majority representatives of the people, was arranged by the Vice President of the PDP, Igor Crnadak.
“The intentions of the current German government, which is leaving in a few days, were bad. And this minister who was here is part of that outgoing Green government, which can be equated with Hitler’s fascists when it comes to their attitude toward us,” Dodik stated.
He added that the German minister “was not banned from entering RS, but the RS Government told her that she is not welcome and that she may pass through RS without stopping.”
“We politely told her, don’t stop, don’t carry out any activities, don’t interfere in the internal affairs of BiH and RS,” said Dodik.
Stating that as early as next week Luhrmann will no longer be a minister, he said that she came to RS with the intention to speak with “one structure in the opposition, and not with people who are the majority representatives of the people.”
“She came here in this way to vent. And of course, she couldn’t,” said Dodik, adding that he, as president of RS, “supported the efforts of the Government, although he thought an even harsher reaction was needed.”
According to him, the RS police used protocols for Luhrmann to leave RS.
“She packed up nicely and left, and there’s no problem at all,” concluded Dodik.
Speaking about the sanctions that ban him from entering Germany, as well as the president of the National Assembly of RS (NARS) Nenad Stevandic and the RS prime minister Radovan Viskovic, Dodik said that the country “does not interest him at all in any way.”
“Those from Austria know again that we support the largest political party in that country and it supports us, and that is the Freedom Party,” said Dodik, who is also banned from entering Austria.
