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Dodik declared himself unafraid of arrest on Monday evening after Bosnia's state prosecution called him to appear at a hearing in connection with Sunday's banned referendum in the Serb-led entity.

The Republika Srpska leader told N1 TV that the state could not arrest the leader of a people.

BRUSSELS - The referendum in Republika Srpska (RS) has no legal basis, the European Commission said Monday.

The Serb Republic (RS) on Sunday held the first referendum in Bosnia-Herzegovina after the Dayton peace agreement.

Citizens in the Serb entity overwhelmingly voted "yes" to continue to mark January 9 as RS Day.

NEW YORK - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic, who is attending a UNGA session in New York, is very concerned over a threat to peace made by Bosnia and Herzegovina wartime military commander Sefer Halilovic.

Vucic has not ruled out the possibility of returning to Serbia sooner than planned if that is required by the situation, a source in the Serbian delegation told Tanjug.

NEW YORK - Peace is the fundamental priority for Serbia, and Republika Srpska will not disappear, Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said in New York Tuesday.

RS President Milorad Dodik said on Monday his upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin represents "a continuity."

The president of the Serb entity said he would brief the Russian president on the current political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

In a clear sign of support for the controversial Bosnian Serb referendum on their national day, Russia's ambassador to Bosnia, Petar Ivancov, held a series of meetings with Republika Srpska leaders on Monday.

BANJALUKA - Republika Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik said Monday his upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin represented a continuity and that he would brief the Russian president on the current political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

Bosnia and Herzegovina's state-level Constitutional Court is due to consider two appeals on Saturday that critics of the ethnically-divisive referendum planned by the Republika Srpska authorities for September 25 hope could stop the vote being held.

RS President Milorad Dodik said in Belgrade on Tuesday that the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina "has never been in greater danger of disappearing."

The post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina has two entities - the Serb Republic (Republika Srpska; RS), and the Muslim-Croat Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina (FBiH).