Dodik after meeting with Escobar: I've had no option at any time

Dodik said neither he nor anyone in Republika Srpska has had the fight option.

We explained some of our questions that were not clear and accurate. These conversations had several subjects. The first of these is the hot atmosphere related to the constant mention of some possibilities of conflict and war. He and I said this is a topic that has no real basis. That it has been spoken or discussed by those who have wanted to deepen the atmosphere of distrust, and that in this direction it is absolutely clear that neither I nor anyone from RS have had the option at any moment at”, Dodik said.

“We agree that stability and peace should be maintained. I said that all those who are waving weapons must submit to international sanctions”, he added.

Dodik said he told Escobar that “we had no intention of violating territorial integrity”.

It is very important to know that the BiH Armed Forces cannot meet quotas for Serbs and Croats as planned, people will not go to that army. We do not want these positions to be met by the Bosniaks and one day we will have a Muslim <x1ushtra”. I told Escobar all this”, Dodik said.

He also said economic issues and the case of the Open “Balkan” have been discussed, and has stressed that he is a lawyer of this and that he stressed it at the meeting with the American envoy.

“I don't have to support that issue, it is key to our” policy, Dodik said.

He said he was happy with the meeting.

We have ruled out the possibility of a war option, I repeat. I'm glad to see the determination that America is the one that will eliminate any possibility of war. It would be good for BiH to demilitarise and exclude any possibility of concentration of weapons”, Dodik stressed.

Yesterday, Dodik said that US envoy Gabriel Escobar “came in vain”, if he thinks he's the cause of the crisis in Bosnia.

If you don't change optical and you see the facts that are obvious, then he himself will contribute to the authenticity of the country, which Americans, through High Representatives and the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, have shaped all previous years according to the wishes of Muslims”, Dodik has expressed.

After phone conversation last month, Dodik had said Escobar is “eager for sanctions”. It has long been cited as Dodik is sanctioned for blocking the work of state institutions and for announcing the passage of certain state competencies to Republika Srpska, not giving up his intention to divide Bosnia.

“There will be no new war in BeH”, US Special Envoy for the Western Balkans Gabriel Escobar said on Friday, accusing Serbian BiH Presidency member Milorad Dodik of provoking a crisis to cover his involvement in corruption.