MOSCOW, June 13. /TASS/. The West is trying to cut off any of Serbs’ communication with Russia and both NATO and the European Union pursue the same goal, Milorad Dodik, leader of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, the leading political party in Republika Srpska, one of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s entities, said in an interview with TASS.

"The first aspect is that the European Union has literally encircled Serbia and Republika Srpska. Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Italy are all NATO member states and members of the European Union," Dodik said.

"At the same time, they are trying to draw Montenegro and Albania into the European Union. This process will apparently accelerate. Thus, we turn into an isolated island, which they can easily cut off from any communication," he said.

"This refers not only to air traffic. This is where NATO and the European Union pursue the same goal," Dodik pointed out.

The Serbs are emotionally bound with Russia, beyond any doubt, he said.