Dodik: Important for Serbia to respect RS

Serb Republic (RS) President Milorad Dodik said on Thursday that the Serb entity in Bosnia "needs a strong and stable Serbia". Dodik added that "this is his only interest when it comes to who forms the Serbian government". Dodik: Important for Serbia to respect RS Dodik told Tanjug that his statement that the Serbian government that included the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), would not have the support of the RS was not interference in Serbia's internal affairs, but a reaction to LDP leader Cedomir Jovanovic's interference in RS' affairs. Jovanovic, the RS president continued, undermined interests of the Serb Republic by claiming it was created through genocide. "Of course, I do care who runs Serbia. It is very important for us that the Serbian government has people who are going to respect at least the Dayton Agreement and RS as a part of it," Dodik stressed. "The statement that RS was made through genocide, which was repeated later at the Prayer Breakfast (with the U.S. president), was an 'alarm signal' for the RS," he said. "I know perfectly well that I am not the one who should be putting together the Serbian government. My intention was not to form the Serbian government, but my political intention was to say that those who had such ideas about RS do not enjoy our support," Dodik underscored. Milorad Dodik (Tanjug) Tanjug

Dodik: Important for Serbia to respect RS

Dodik told Tanjug that his statement that the Serbian government that included the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), would not have the support of the RS was not interference in Serbia's internal affairs, but a reaction to LDP leader Čedomir Jovanović's interference in RS' affairs.

Jovanović, the RS president continued, undermined interests of the Serb Republic by claiming it was created through genocide.

"Of course, I do care who runs Serbia. It is very important for us that the Serbian government has people who are going to respect at least the Dayton Agreement and RS as a part of it," Dodik stressed.

"The statement that RS was made through genocide, which was repeated later at the Prayer Breakfast (with the U.S. president), was an 'alarm signal' for the RS," he said.

"I know perfectly well that I am not the one who should be putting together the Serbian government. My intention was not to form the Serbian government, but my political intention was to say that those who had such ideas about RS do not enjoy our support," Dodik underscored.