Dragan Stanić, President of Matica Srpska, said that throughout its two centuries of existence, that institution has been fortifying Serbian identity—and by extension, the Serbian ethnic space—through culture. He also noted the existence of various projects and a high level of mutual understanding with the Republic of Srpska. – The Republic of Srpska is not diaspora. These are traditional Serb habitats, and we regard BiH—or rather, the Republic of Srpska

