The President of Bosnia’s Republika Srpska (RS) entity and leader of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), Milorad Dodik, said after the session of the party’s Executive Board in Banja Luka, that they demand the full implementation of the coordination mechanism regarding the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union (EU), and that they believe that the position of chief negotiator with the Union belongs to the RS.

“We will insist on that,” Dodik said.

He said that, as part of the government, the SNSD always supported the European path of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“We welcome everything that has been announced for the negotiating status. But if there are no clear indications about the date, then it basically doesn't mean much,” Dodik noted.

He said that it was agreed with the partners in the BiH-level government that the Law on the Constitutional Court of BiH would be submitted to the procedure in April and that they would continue to insist on that matter.