If self-declared Kosovo joins the United Nations, Republic of Srpska (RS) would refer to that right, Chairman of the Bosnian Presidency Milorad Dodik said, Tanjug news agency reports.

Dodik consider that Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina would also not miss a chance to secede from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“I think, if the constellation is made as such, Croats either will not miss a chance to secede from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Then the question would arise who would stay there?” Dodik told RTS.

Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Milorad Dodik told a joint news conference with President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade that Serbia is the most important element of stability, security and development in the region, adding everyone in his country should realize that, BETA news agency reports.

Speaking after a meeting with Vucic, Dodik said that Serbia is ready to select, and finance projects proposed by BiH Federation.

On Easter Day, Serbs from the region proposed abolition of borders between Serbia, the Republic of Srpska and Montenegro in talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

The proposal is in line with the idea of EU integration, consider connoisseurs of international law. However, it is unlikely that the same proposal would be acceptable to Sarajevo, as well as the authorities and the opposition in Podgorica.

Moscow is ready to back Republic of Srpska (RS) in raising the issue of its independence, especially in the context of the talks on a final solution for Kosovo. Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti writes this on Tuesday.

According to the newspaper, this message should be handed over to the president of the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who will visit Sarajevo and Banja Luka on September 16-17.

Milorad Dodik says Republika Srpska will demand a UN seat if Kosovo gets one – adding that Kosovo’s partition should also be up for discussion.

If Kosovo becomes a member of the United Nations and other international institutions, Bosnia’s mainly Serbian entity, Republika Srpska, RS, will demand the same, Milorad Dodika, the RS President, told Friday’s Vecernje Novosti, a Serbian daily.

If Kosovo becomes a member of the UN and other international institutions, Banjaluka would request the same, President of Republic of Srpska Milorad Dodik told Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti.

“The Assembly of Srpska adopted resolution, saying that in case of establishing of a new international principle and practice in recognizing the right to self-determination, we would insist on determining our state status. This document is still in force and we would not give up on it,” Dodik told Vecernje Novosti.