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NATO chief commits to Bosnia's territorial integrity and condemns 'malign' Russian influence
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https://apnews.com/article/nato-bosnia-balkans-russia-serbia-6d5045020546205382481081a12bbee7
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — NATO supports Bosnia’s territorial integrity and is concerned by “malign foreign interference,” including by Russia, in the volatile Balkans region that went through a devastating war in the 1990s, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday.
Sarajevo was the first stop on Stoltenberg’s tour of Western Balkan countries that also included Kosovo on Monday.
There are widespread fears that Russia is trying to destabilize Bosnia and the rest of the region and shift at least some world attention from its invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow is openly supporting the secessionist, pro-Russian Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik, who has repeatedly called for the breakup of the country and joining the Serb-controlled half of Bosnia with neighboring Serbia.
The Bosnian Serb leadership has for years been blocking Sarajevo’s application for NATO membership, which Russia also opposes.
Later Monday, Stoltenberg visited Kosovo, the former Serbian province that has been recognized as an independent state by the U.S. and most of the West, but not by Serbia and its allies Russia and China.
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