Zlatan Kloki\u0107, Minister of European Integration and International Cooperation of the Republic of Srpska, rated the cooperation with Serbia in terms of the diaspora as successful, and noted that significant dates for Srpska and Serbia would continue to be celebrated together, sending a message of unity.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Our goal is to gather our people and let them know that the Republic of Spska and Serbia are behind them wherever they are \u2013 Kloki\u0107 told reporters in Banja Luka after meeting with the minister without portfolio in charge of coordinating activities and measures in the field of relations between the Republic of Serbia and the diaspora, \u0110or\u0111e Mili\u0107evi\u0107.<\/p>\n
Kloki\u0107 recalled that the two ministries had signed a Memorandum of Cooperation between the governments of Srpska and Serbia at the Pan-Serbian Assembly in Belgrade with the aim of strengthening diaspora ties.<\/p>\n
Mili\u0107evi\u0107 said that the Declaration on the Protection of National and Political Rights and the Common Future of the Serbian People adopted at the joint session of the governments of Serbia and Srpska was precisely termed.<\/p>\n
According to him, various comments can be heard after the adoption of this declaration, aimed at harming Srpska and Serbia and causing destabilization.<\/p>\n
\u2013 At no time at the Pan-Serbian Assembly did we think or speak, not to mention aimed to work against anyone. We have defined national goals. Our national goal is to preserve peace and stability at all costs \u2013 Mili\u0107evi\u0107 added.<\/p>\n
He said that one of the goals was the fight for the future of the Serbian people, as well as the economy, where a lot could be done.<\/p>\n
Mili\u0107evi\u0107 says that it is important to define a joint action strategy in the coming period, each within the area for which they are responsible in the two governments.<\/p>\n
He believes that the signed Memorandum is the crown of cooperation between the two ministries, which defines the joint mechanisms of Srpska and Serbia to strengthen the existing ties and create even stronger ones between the motherland and compatriots living outside Serbia.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Each time I am in Srpska, I have never considered myself a guest here, and that is what I told Zlatan that he was never a guest in Serbia. Just as he is at his own in Serbia, so am I at my own in Banja Luka. We are the same people \u2013 Mili\u0107evi\u0107 said.<\/p>\n
He stated that the Drina was a river connecting Serbia and Srpska, and that significant dates had been defined for the ministries to jointly participate in organizing events.<\/p>\n
\u2013 In a period when we are exposed to great pressures, challenges and temptations, the most important thing is unity. We have always been as strong and powerful as we are united \u2013 noted Mili\u0107evi\u0107.<\/p>\n
He added that the end of August and beginning of September would see organization of a gathering of associations and umbrella organizations of Serbs outside of Serbia under the slogan United Wherever We Are.<\/p>\n
At a joint session held within the Pan-Serbian Assembly, the governments of the Republic of Srpska and Serbia adopted the Declaration on the Protection of National and Political Rights and the Common Future of the Serbian People.<\/p>\n
Source: RTRS \u2013 SRNA<\/p>\n
Photo: Ministry of European Integration and International Cooperation<\/p>\n\n\t\t