"We still have to try": Eurasianists in Moscow called for a new "Anchorage" in the Balkans.
A new meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump may take place in Serbia or Bosnia.
Polina Sokolova, a research fellow at the Department of European Political Studies at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, made this statement at a press conference in Moscow, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"Why can't we have dialogue with Western partners, even to the point of war, in the post-Soviet space? Because most post-Soviet republics are not ready to accept Russia as a negotiator. In the Balkans, Serbia and Republika Srpska are ready. Why aren't we paying attention to the initiatives coming from Belgrade? They are ready to accept any format for a security conference for the US and Russia. This is a window of opportunity."
"We see that Putin's visit to Banja Luka is planned. And Trump's visit to Belgrade is planned. Why not combine these initiatives? This would be a practical embodiment of the Eurasian approach we advocate. We must carefully consider this openness of the Balkan region," Sokolova urged.
She asserts that Serbia and Republika Srpska still believe in Russia's potential to resolve conflicts in the Balkans within the framework of international law. Similar sentiments are found in Montenegro and Macedonia, and even in Albania and Croatia, whose president has cited NATO expansion as the main cause of the conflict in Ukraine.
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