Dodik's map: Republika Srpska and Serbia united, Kosovo partitioned

RS President Milorad Dodik said in an interview with DW that a referendum on the independence of the (Serb) entity is currently not an institutional topic.

He claims, however, that BiH (Bosnia-Herzegovina) will not survive in any form

"A referendum is not on the agenda. No body, no institution in the RS has this on its agenda. There is speculation about it, there are partisan positions about this, opinions of individuals about it exist, undoubtedly, and it's not that it isn't a public topic, but it isn't an institutional topic," Dodik said in a conversation recorded in mid-October - i.e., before the region was stirred up by the Deutsche Welle (DW) interview with Bosniak member of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegovic.

At the same time Dodik argues that BiH is a failed state and notes that the Serbs are "not without an alternative."

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