Dodik says will respond to summons, but won't go to Sarajevo

Banja Luka, 27 September 2016 (MIA) - Republika Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik said Tuesday that he was yet to receive the Bosnian prosecution's announced summons for questioning, Tanjug reported.

Dodik also told a press conference that he would respond once he receives it - but revealed he would not travel to Sarajevo to give his statement.

Instead, the leader of the Serb entity in Bosnia said, he would agree to be questioned "in any other justice institution in the area of the RS."

Dodik remarked that after Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) member of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegovic threatened he would "end up like Gaddafi, Saddam, or Milosevic," he did not wish to "risk his life" by traveling to Sarajevo.

Dodik explained that he took Izetbegovic's threat - to which Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has also reacted - as "a message to all extremist groups in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and a call to liquidate him."

RS President Milorad Dodik has been summoned to the Prosecution of Bosnia-Herzegovina and should appear there on October 3.

Local elections are scheduled to be held in Bosnia-Herzegovina a day before, on October 2.