Kecmanović: Čović is closer to Dodik than to Kolinda and Cardinal Puljić

University professor and advisor to the President of Republika Srpska Nenad Kecmanović stated that Dragan Čović is the first leader of HDZ BiH who is closer to Banja Luka than to Zagreb, that is, to the President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik than to the President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar Kitarović and the Archbishop of Vrhbosna Vinko Puljić, Patria reports.

Kecmanović says that Croats in the Federation of BiH are under Bosniak domination, and that, looking at the past, they entered into an alliance with Bosniaks and a joint entity reluctantly, at the urging of Zagreb and the Vatican.

He emphasizes that Croats in BiH voluntarily renounced the so-called Herceg-Bosna, and that afterwards they constantly expected, especially since Croatia entered the EU, that they would receive help from that side to ensure either equality or the return of a third entity.

"However, these actions in European corridors have existed, but so far they yield no result," Kecmanović said for "Sputnjik."