Dodik says resolving Kosovo issue will affect Bosnia as well

At the journalists' conference, together with Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, Dodik said that in all talks that have taken place in Brussels on Tuesday, members of the Bosnian Presidency have said that solutions for Kosovo should not be reflected in Bosnia.

I said yesterday, day by night, I now say this is impossible. If someone's right, why don't we? That's my” position, Dodik said, Serbian media report.

He said his colleagues in the Bosnian Presidency have “a different approach to the Kosovo problem”.

“I have noticed there are increasingly, domestic and external pressures to destabilise Serbia's negotiator position. I call on all to step down from daily policy issues, to devote ourselves to this issue of strategic importance and to strengthen the negotiating position of the Serbian team”, Dodik said.

Earlier, Dodik, who has close ties with Russia, has called on Bosnian Serbs to separate, saying Bosnia has failed. (REL)