Abolishing the Army of Republika Srpska was a mistake, says Bosnian Serb leader
N1 Info 12.05.2019 | N1 Sarajevo
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik said on Sunday it was a mistake to abolish the Army of Republika Srpska (RS), Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity that he represents in the state-level institutions, stressing that this, as well as the formation of Bosnia’s Armed Forces, happened under the international pressure.
Dodik spoke at a ceremony marking the Day of RS Army and the Day of the Third Infantry Regiment in the northwestern city of Banja Luka, Republika Srpska’s administrative centre. The Third Infantry Regiment, which is formally part of Bosnia’s Armed Forces, has a “supreme command in Banja Luka,” Dodik said adding that the army of the RS “lives in hearts and souls of the Serbs” and that the Third Infantry Regiment’s members “will always defend the
