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12.05.2019.

Minister Vulin: Republika Srpska does not have its own army, but the Serb people have it




 
- Republika Srpska does not have its own army, but the Serb people have it. Republika Srpska is Serbia's priority; the Serbs created it united and they can lose it only because of lack of unity – said the envoy of the President of the Republic of Serbia and Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces, Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin, accompanied by the Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, General Milan Mojsilović, as he attended today's ceremony on the occasion of the Republika Srpska Army Day and the Third Infantry (Republika Srpska) Regiment, held in the Banja Luka-based barracks 'Kozara'.
 
Congratulating the holiday on behalf of the President of the Republic of Serbia and the Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces, Minister Vulin wished the years of peace to all members of the Republika Srpska Army and the Third Infantry (Republika Srpska) Regiment.
 
- If there was no persistent and courageous battle of the Republika Srpska Army, if there was no persistent and courageous struggle of the Serb people, if there was no great solidarity of all Serbs, wherever they lived, with the people in then Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska would not have been created – Minister Vulin emphasised.
 
According to Minister Vulin, Republika Srpska has emerged as a need of the Serbian people to decide on themselves and Jasenovac genocide never to be repeated again.
 
- What has been created in a great defensive, homeland war must not and cannot be lost in peace. Republika Srpska was created by the Serbs and only the Serbs could lose it, not anyone else. Republika Srpska was created by the Serbs united and they can lose it only because of lack of unity, not in any other way – the minister of defence said.
 
Minister Vulin also reminded that Republika Srpska has always been a priority for Serbia.
 
- When considering the resolution of the Kosovo and Metohija issue, when looking for an easy compromise with the Albanians, one must always think and always take care of the interests of the entire Serb people, wherever they live. Republika Srpska has always been a priority of the Government and the President of the Republic of Serbia. Republika Srpska does not have its own army, but the Serb people have their own army – Minister Vulin said.
 
The celebration of the Republika Srpska Army Day and the Third Infantry (Republika Srpska) Regiment was attended by Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, and the highest leadership of Republika Srpska, President Željka Cvijanović, Prime Minister Radovan Višković and Speaker of the National Assembly Nedeljko Čubrilović.
 
The central celebration on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the establishment of the Republika Srpska Army and 14th anniversary since the formation of the Third Infantry (Republika Srpska) Regiment, which fosters the legacy and identity of the Republika Srpska Army, was preceded by serving parastos and wreath-laying ceremony for all the killed members of that army.
 
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