U.S. condemns "illegal RS referendum"

The United States on Monday condemned "the illegal referendum" held on Sunday in the Serb Republic (RS), the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

A statement posted on the U.S. State Department's website said that the referendum - during which citizens decided to continue marking January 9 as RS Day - was held "in direct contravention of a decision by the Constitutional Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina."