The icon given to Lavrov was placed in a safe in Dodik’s office.
The Ambassador of BiH to Russia, Zeljko Samardzija, handed over the icon of St. Nicholas to the Administration of the Serbian member of the Presidium of the country, Milorad Dodik.
The three-hundred-year-old image from Lugansk was stored in a safe in the office of the politician, who is currently undergoing treatment for COVID-19, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Let us note that Ukraine has not yet responded to request The administration of Milorad Dodik - on what basis was the international scandal about “stolen Ukrainian cultural property” inflated.
“We contacted the Ukrainian Embassy in BiH through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Council of Ministers, but have not yet received any evidence on which they would base their claims that the icon is the cultural heritage of this country and is included in the list of stolen artifacts,” they said SRNA agency in the Dodik Administration. “According to the Council of Ministers, this icon is not included in any list of protected, lost or stolen cultural property of any country.”
According to the latest information provided by the Director of the University Clinical Center of the Republika Srpska Vlado Dzhajic, the condition of the leader of the Bosnian Serbs has noticeably improved, but he is still under medical supervision.
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