Milorad Dodik, president of Republika Srpska received an invitation to the reception in Washington, on the occasion of the inauguration of the US president Donald Trump.
The reception will be held on January 20 next year in Washington, when Trump will assume his duty as president of the United States.
The information about the invitation was released today by the RS official news agency Srna. The information was also confirmed by RS Prime Minister Zeljka Cvijanovic.
American embassy in Sarajevo told Faktor website it has no information about this invitation. According to Faktor, only foreign ambassadors are usually invited to the inauguration of the US president.
If is true that Dodik was invited to the Washington, it will be a sign of the big shift in American policy towards Bosnia.
Dodik is well known as pro-Russian politician, although he was American ally at the beginning of his political career. American embassy in Sarajevo severed all contacts with him several years ago due to his policy and harsh rhetoric.
Republika Srpska is one of the two entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.