Dodik's hardline Serbian nationalism and pro-Russian stance have raised fears that Bosnia could once again be divided along ethnic lines. The 1995 U.S.-sponsored Dayton Peace Accords ended nearly four years of war in Bosnia in which some 4,100 people were killed.
Dodik ordered Serbian officials to halt all contacts and communication with the US and UK ambassadors in Bosnia, after they criticized his inflammatory speech. Last December, the parliament of his regional region adopted for the second time a law on immovable property.