Dodik: Republika Srpska wants its original powers restored

BANJALUKA - Republika Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik said Monday the RS was primarily interested in its original powers, envisioned by the Dayton Agreement, being restored, and that no one would keep it within Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) if this proved to be impossible.

"Since those powers have been abolished by decisions of high representatives and outside the Dayton Agreement, which has also been violated by decisions of foreign judges, Srpska is resolved to affirm its original Dayton powers," Dodik told reporters in Banjaluka.

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