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world news Dialuna 27 Juni 2022

Bosnian Serb leader prays for Trump’s return, praises Putin

(AP) — The leader of by joint Bosnian institutions
Bosnia’s Serbs said Sun- and a triparate presidency of
day he hoped former U.S. which Dodik is a member.
President Donald Trump
would return to power and Russia’s war in Ukraine has
that the Serbs would “wait aroused fears that the turmoil
for appropriate global could spill over to the volatile
circumstances” to reach Balkans, where Russia has
for their goal of seceding maintained strong influence
from Bosnia, which he among fellow-Slavic Serbs.
called an “unsustainable
state.” Dodik, who has led a Bosnian
Serb secessionist drive, said
Milorad Dodik, who was a he was convinced that Serbs
rare European official to hold would soon make important
talks with Russian President decisions about their fate in
Vladimir Putin since the war Bosnia. He also expressed ex-
in Ukraine started in late pectation that Trump would
February, made the com- again lead the United States.
ments at a gathering marking
the start of a bloody breakup “For the first time in history,
of Bosnia 30 years ago. Serbs are waiting for time,”
Dodik said. “We must be pa-
Bosnia went through a devas- tient, understand time. Eu-
tating 1992-95 war in which rope is inevitably confused,
over 100,000 people died be- with its internal problems.
fore a U.S.-brokered peace I pray to God that Donald
deal ended the conflict. Trump comes to power in Bosnian Serbs to destabilize half of Bosnia and join it with meeting. “He told me only
America again.” Bosnia. After Joe Biden be- neighboring Serbia. one thing, and that was, ‘We
The peace deal, also known as came president, Dodik was are not leaving our friends.’ It
the Dayton Accords, created During his presidency, slapped with the U.S. and Dodik met Putin in Russia is the Russians who have not
Bosnian Serb and Bosniak- Trump rarely spoke against British sanctions over his earlier this month, saying done us any harm,” Dodik
Croat entities tied together the continuous attempts by proclaimed goal to split about Sunday he was proud of the said.

As summit host, Spain urges NATO to watch its southern flank

(AP) — While Russia’s in- port of the allies is total due cenaries were accused of hu-
vasion of Ukraine is cer- to the instability that we see man right abuses in the Cen-
tain to dominate an up- on the alliance’s southern tral African Republic, Libya
coming NATO summit in frontier and especially the and Syria. Former NATO
Madrid, Spain and other situation in the Sahel region Secretary-General Javier So-
member nations are qui- right now,” Spanish Foreign lana said that Russia’s brutal
etly pushing the Western Minister José Albares said. military campaign in support
alliance to consider how of Syrian President Bashar
mercenaries aligned with The Kremlin denies links to al-Assad during his country’s
Russian President Vladi- the Wagner Group, a merce- long civil war left it embold-
mir Putin are spreading nary force with an increasing ened.
Moscow’s influence to Af- presence in central and North
rica. Africa and the Middle East. “Syria gave (the Russians)
The private military compa- the sentiment that they could
As the host of the summit ny, which has also participat- be more active in that part of
taking place from Tuesday ed in the war in Ukraine, has the world,” Solana told The
to Thursday, Spain wants to developed footholds in Libya, Associated Press. “They have
emphasize its proximity to ritory was “low.” It did not summit that while Russia re- Mali, Sudan and Central Af- very good relations with Al-
Africa as it lobbies for a great- explicitly mention concerns mains concern No. 1, the alli- rican Republic. geria and they have (...) the
er focus on Europe’s south- about instability in Africa. At ance must continue to widen Wagner type of people in the
ern flank in a new document the time, the alliance viewed its view globally. Spain’s po- In Mali, Wagner soldiers are Sahel, which is delicate.”
outlining NATO’s vision of apathy as its biggest military sition for an increased focus filling a void created by the With the Sahel, Morocco
its security challenges and threat; U.S. complaints that on “the South” is shared by exit of former colonial power and Algeria at risk of wors-
tasks. some European members Britain, France and Italy. France. In Sudan, Russia’s ening instability, “the south-
were not paying their due offer of an economic alli- ern part of NATO, for Por-
The Strategic Concept is featured heavily in summit In their view, the security ance earned it the promise of tugal, Spain, Greece, etc.,
NATO’s most important talks. Fast forward a dozen challenges in Africa arise from a naval base on the Red Sea. they would like to have an
working document after years, and the view looks a Putin apparently dead-set In Central African Republic, eye open to that part of the
the North Atlantic Treaty of very different from NATO on restoring the imperial glo- Wagner fighters protect the world,” he said.
1949, which contained the headquarters in Brussels. Af- ries of Russia as well as from country’s gold and diamond Italy is another NATO mem-
key provision holding that ter Russia brought war close an expansive China. Russia mines. In return, Putin gets ber attuned to the political
an attack on one member is to NATO’s eastern borders, has gained traction thanks diplomatic allies and resourc- climate across the Mediterra-
viewed as an attack upon all. the alliance has worked to to the presence of its merce- es. nean Sea. The country hosts
The security assessment is provide Ukraine with an as- naries in the Sahel region, a NATO’s Joint Force Com-
updated roughly every de- sortment of more powerful semiarid expanse stretching French President Emmanuel mand base in Naples, which
cade to reset the West’s secu- weapons and to avoid the from Senegal to Sudan that Macron has long called for a in 2017 opened a south hub
rity agenda. very real risk of getting drawn suffers from political strife, “greater involvement” from focusing on terrorism, radi-
The current version, ap- into the fighting. terrorism and drought. NATO in the Sahel region. calization, migration and
proved in Lisbon in 2010, But there appears to be a con- Now that Wagner has moved other issues emanating from
stated the risk of a conven- sensus among NATO mem- “Each time I meet with into Mali, French authorities North Africa and the Middle
tional war on NATO ter- bers heading into the Madrid NATO ministers, the sup- underlined that Wagner mer- East.