Dodik says he'll "always oppose Bosnia's NATO accession"

Source: Tanjug

BANJA LUKA -- The president of the Serb Republic (RS), Milorad Dodik has said that he will always be against Bosnia-Herzegovina's accession to the NATO.

(Tanjug, file)

The leader of the Serb entity added that a final decision on the issue will be made in a referendum.
At a Christmas reception for the 3rd Infantry Unit of the Bosnian Armed Forces, Dodik said that the country's NATO accession would lead to the establishment of a borderline of the North Atlantic Alliance on the Drina River, and bearing in mind Serbia's military neutrality, RS authorities do not want to make this possible.

“I will never vote in favor of Bosnia-Herzegovina's NATO accession, both as the RS president and when I retire, I will not forget that the NATO bombed Serbs with depleted uranium,” the RS president said.

He again called for an additional decrease in the number of members of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Armed Forces, stressing that this is necessary for the economic situation in the country.

The Bosnia-Herzegovina Armed Forces are divided into three garrisons, each one following the traditions of one of the three armies (Muslim, Serb and Croat), which fought against each other in the 1992-1995 civil war, Tanjug said in its report.