Dodik calls U.S. diplomat "liar, troublemaker"
According to U.S. diplomatic cables published by the whistleblowing website, Dodik - then prime minister of the Serb republic in Bosnia-Herzegovina - voiced his support for the so-called Ahtisaari plan.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Wednesday, December 01, 2010
The cable, sent in May 2007 by U.S. State Department official Daniel Fried, also quotes Dodik as saying that "Kosovo's recognition would follow after such a decision (to adopt the plan) by the UN Security Council".
UN envoy Martti Ahtrisaari drafted his plan for Kosovo's supervised independence, which the Kosovo Albanian authorities used as a base for their 2008 UDI. However, the plan was never adopted by the Security Council, and was rejected by Belgrade.
Getting in the spirit of the "cablegate", where published U.S. diplomatic documents compare world leaders "candidly" with Hitler and cartoon characters, Dodik used strong words to refute this report.
"My behavior regarding Kosovo is clear and I have demonstrated and proved it. As far as the fabled Fried, he has shown himself to be a troublemaker and a liar who tried to push through Kosovo's independence in many places," Dodik was quoted as saying.
"I never met with Fried alone, I never said those words to him, and he will never be able to find a witness to that," Dodik concluded.
