Dodik confirms receipt of summons, says will not go to Sarajevo

PALE - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik confirmed Wednesday he had received earlier in the day a summons for questioning by the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina over last Sunday's Republika Srpska Day referendum.

Speaking in Pale, near Sarajevo, Dodik reiterated he would obey the summons and that he was prepared to give a statement to the Prosecutor's Office, but in a judicial institution in Republika Srpska.

He repeated he would not be going to Sarajevo following a statement by Bakir Izetbegovic - the Bosniak member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency - who had said earlier Dodik would end up like Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein or Slobodan Milosevic.