US Congressman, Republican Adam Kinzinger, called out the Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik's party the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) for obstructing Bosnia's path to NATO and the formation of the government.

“It's been almost 25 years since the Dayton Peace Agreement ended the war in Bosnia. However, Russia has used this time to support nationalist politicians within [the Republika Srpska], the main belligerents of the Bosnian war that employed genocide and killed more than 100,000 people. Last October, Bosnia held legislative elections. Since [then], they've been unable to form a government given disagreements between pro-Western political parties and the nationalist Serb parties over what the relationship in Bosnia should have with NATO. Staunch anti-NATO sentiment and threatened secession from Bosnia has been the staple of the Russian-backed Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) who have, in effect, been blocking the government formation over NATO accession,” Kinzinger said addressing the Congress.

According to the Voice of America, he ran for Congress in 2009 after consulting with current Vice President Mike Pence. Kinzinger is also a pilot in the US Air Force.

EU officials have also been urging Bosnia to finally form a new government following the October 2018 General Election so the country can continue implementing the necessary reforms that would bring it closer to EU membership.

All members of Bosnia's tripartite presidency agreed that the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, effectively Bosnia's government, should be – Zoran Tegeltija, from Dodik's Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD). But his appointment was put on hold the moment the issue of the Membership Action Plan (MAP) was raised as a priority to the forming of the government.

The Membership Action Plan is an essential step toward Bosnia's accession to NATO, but politicians of the three majority ethnic groups are divided on the topic.

While the Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats want the country to become a member of the alliance, most Bosnian Serb politicians are against it.

According to Bosnia's political system, representatives of the three major ethnic groups in the country must reach a consensus in order for any decision to be made.

The Bosniak and the Bosnian Croat member of the Presidency, Zeljko Komsic and Sefik Dzaferovic, respectively, said they would not support the naming of Tegeltija if he does not implement earlier decisions which paved Bosnia's way toward NATO.

Bosnia is composed of two semi-autonomous entities, the Federation (FBiH), mostly shared between Bosniaks and Croats, and Republika Srpska (RS), the Serb-majority part.

Before he took over the Serb position in the Presidency, Dodik was for years either President or Prime Minister of the RS. He at the time often advocated the secession of the entity from Bosnia, and he continues to advocate as much autonomy as possible for the RS as Presidency Chairman.

In 2017, the RS National Assembly adopted a “Resolution on Military Neutrality,” which means the entity does not want to enter any military alliances.