The President of the Republic of Srpska Milorad Dodik said today that Srpska will observe and celebrate the Day of the Republic and that the central celebration will be held in a different city each following year, with the goal of demonstrating that it is an integrated holiday which represents the whole of the Republic of Srpska.

Dodik said that those who dispute the holiday of the Republic of Srpska may do whatever it is that they want, but Srpska will observe and celebrate the Day of the Republic.

“We are not interested in whether or not the ‘tourists’ such as Christian Schmidt support it. We have made our decisions about it and January 9th cannot be rescheduled,” said Dodik.