MOSCOW, September 29. /TASS/. Peoples of Russia and the Republika Srpska have always maintained special relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the entity’s representatives.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Russian leader recalled that a representative delegation from the Republika Srpska had attended celebrations of the 81st anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War in Moscow in May and expressed gratitude for that.

"Partnership between Russia and the Republika Srpska is based on time-tested friendship. For many decades in our history, Russia, the Russian people and the Serbian people have been maintaining special relations," he said.