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Our allies don't go to Russia, EU commissioner tells Bosnian Serb leader

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi walks as he attends a dinner at the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, January 12, 2023. TT News Agency/Jonas Ekstromer/via REUTERS/File Photo

The head of the European Union body responsible for enlargement warned aspiring member Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday that EU allies do not visit Russia, referring to an announced visit to Moscow by Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik.

The country, which applied to join the EU in 2016, was granted candidate status last December following concern the war in Ukraine may destabilise the Balkan region.

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