Dodik said this during the plenary session of the forum of supporters of the fight against modern practices of neo-colonialism “For the Freedom of Nations.”

He stressed that the Republika Srpska will never join NATO of its own free will.

“As Serbs, we cannot agree to this. To do this would mean depriving us of our humanity and reducing us to simple subjects,” TASS quotes him as saying.

Previously, Dodik said that the Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina allows cooperation with NATO, but opposes membership in the alliance.