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Bosnian Serb leader calls on diaspora to vote for Trump
The Serbian community living in the United States recommends the Republican candidate whom it describes as a “peace” leader.
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Republican candidate Donald Trump.
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The political leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Milorad Dodik, targeted by American sanctions, on Monday called on members of the Serbian diaspora in the United States to vote for Republican candidate Donald Trump, according to him, a leader “of peace”.
“I invite all members of the Serbian community in the United States to support Republican candidate Donald Trump in the presidential election” on Tuesday, Milorad Dodik wrote on his Instagram account.
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“His return to the head of the United States would mean the return to a reasonable and fair foreign policy, on which global stability also depends,” continued the president of Republika Srpska, the entity of the Bosnian Serbs.
So close competition
According to the latest American census, cited by the website of the Serbian-American Friendship Club, approximately 180,000 Serbs and 200,000 Americans of Serbian origin live in the United States. But the Serbian diaspora in the United States, which resides in particular in the Chicago region, is actually estimated at more than a million people, according to the same source.
The competition between the Republican candidate and his Democratic rival Kamala Harris is so close that only a few tens of thousands of votes could decide the outcome of the election.
Milorad Dodik, a politician close to the Kremlin who has led the Serbian entity since 2006, was sanctioned in 2017 and 2022 by the American government for his separatist policy in Bosnia; he was accused of “eroding the institutions that have ensured peace and stability.”
The “interference” of American ambassadors
Nearly three decades after the intercommunal war (1992-95), which left nearly 100,000 dead, the integrity of this Western Balkan country of 3.5 million inhabitants is still guaranteed by the peace agreement. from Dayton (United States).
For Milorad Dodik, who regularly denounces the “interference” of American ambassadors in domestic politics in Bosnia, “Donald Trump (…) will understand the situation in Bosnia better than previous administrations”.
“Donald Trump’s first term showed that he is a peaceful president who leads global politics responsibly and takes into account the specificities of all parties,” Mr. Dodik wrote.
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