The Serb member of BiH’s tripartite Presidency, Milorad Dodik, said he was satisfied with Friday’s meeting between the Presidency’s members and USAID Administrator Samantha Power.
Dodik said he was glad that Power treats Bosnia’s two semi-autonomous entities, Republika Srpska (RS) and the Federation of BiH (FBiH), equally and that she is willing to continue supporting projects in the RS.
“We are satisfied with this part of the meeting with the USAID. We remain committed to collaborating on projects that we will jointly select with local communities. We support all projects at the state level of BiH as well,” he said.
Dodik also said that during the meeting, he criticized U.S. efforts to centralize BiH in violation of the Dayton Accords. He further said, “We remain committed to peace and we will not focus on the status of RS in order to endanger peace. We will continue to respect the BiH Constitution.” He emphasized, “Republika Srpska has no plan to carry out secession [nor] is it going in that direction.”
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