Republika Srpska will try to ask the parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for consent for its activities within the BRICS framework, Milorad Dodik told Sputnik.
"There is a mechanism in the BiH constitution that we will try to use, namely: to ask the BiH parliament for consent for our activities within the BRICS framework. This is absolutely legal," he said.
The BRICS Summit was held in Kazan, Russia, from October 22 to 24, marking Russia's largest foreign policy event of the year. According to Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov, 36 countries participated, 22 at the highest level.
Republika Srpska is one of the two entities within Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Established as part of the Dayton Accords in 1995, which ended the Bosnian War, Republika Srpska has its own government and operates with a high degree of autonomy, maintaining separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
The Dayton Agreement was instrumental in creating a complex political structure to accommodate the diverse ethnic groups in the country—primarily Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs—following the conflict that arose from the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.
Despite its significant autonomy, Republika Srpska remains an integral part of Bosnia and Herzegovina's internationally recognized borders. The entity has frequently been involved in discussions and tensions regarding national unity and its status within the country.