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This evening Milorad #Dodik told his side of the story on the negotiations that led to the lifting of 🇺🇸 sanctions and Christian #Schmidt’s resignation, as well as how he celebrated the lifting of 🇺🇸 sanctions in a #Moscow restaurant. Full transcript: Milorad Dodik: "So at one point we told them [Trump administration]: 'You're deceiving us, we don't want this any more — thank you.' They said: 'No, no, we're not deceiving you.' I said: 'If you're not deceiving us, then lift also the sanctions put on me.' Then they said: 'Hold on.' We told them: 'OK, what are you missing?' And then they asked for those two or three laws — the ones the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina had struck down, laws of Republika Srpska. I said: 'Okay, the Court repealed them anyway; we'd have to go back to the assembly and do a lot of other things.' But I said: 'Fine, but that's too little from your side.' So they said: 'How is it small?’ We said ‘It's small.' Then they said: 'What else is needed?' Then I said: 'Get rid of this Schmidt.'" Journalist: “And the Americans listen to you?” Dodik: "Well, I don't know if they listen to me, but in any case — he's gone now." Journalist: “And did they kick him out?” Dodik: [laughs] "No, no — I don't think they listen to me. Let's just say that circumstances were created." Journalist: “Wait, wait. You say: get rid of that Schmidt — and he leaves, right?” Dodik: "Well, circumstances came together." Journalist: “And who told him to go?” Dodik: "You know — the one who was supposed to say it." Journalist: “The one with the cap [Donald Trump]?” Dodik: "Someone said it. Anyway, when he [Schmidt] went over to America, they told him: 'You've finished your job, you can go straight to Germany.' Then he cried and asked just to go and collect his things in Sarajevo. And that's how it went — he went, picked up his things, and disappeared." Journalist: “What did you drink in Moscow? Do you mix whisky and vodka?” Dodik: "We were flying from Minsk to Moscow. When we boarded the plane, there was no talk of it [lifting of sanctions]. We land at Moscow airport. A message comes through: all sanctions lifted. And that's how we found out. And of course, then came the hunt for a good restaurant — and for Serbian music. There was a student of ours there studying music; we gathered them all in one restaurant and celebrated the lifting of the sanctions. That's true. What else could we do? I couldn't wait until I got back to Banja Luka. We had to celebrate..." Journalist: Well, where else? Dodik: "[We're] true Serbs." Journalist: “And did you mix whisky and vodka? I'm not asking for no reason.” Dodik: "Once I've had a bit to drink, then I no longer [keep track]..." Source:

Adi Ćerimagić

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#Moscow today. Enjoy.

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