Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday that there would be “significantly more” members of the Bosniak national minority in all state bodies.

Speaking at a ceremony in the Raska area of western Serbia which has a large Bosniak population, Vucic said that the minority would have more representatives in state bodies than is proportionate to the size of that community.

“We want you to see that we view Bosniaks as sisters and brothers, not a foreign body and want you you to know that you have brothers and friends in the Serbs,” he said at the opening of a road.

“We have the first Bosniak general in the Serbian military so let’s have more so that people here will view the military as their own,” he added.