In December 2020, right before a state visit of Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, Džaferović refused to attend the visit because of Lavrov's disrespect to Bosnia and Herzegovina and decision to firstly visit only Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and later on the presidency consisting of Željko Komšić, Dodik and Džaferović.[12] Shortly before Džaferović, Komšić also refused to attend Lavrov's visit because of the same reasons as Džaferović.[13]