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Bosnian Serb leader Dodik says Ukraine war has delayed secession plan

FILE PHOTO: Bosnia's member of tripartite presidency Milorad Dodik attends a news conference at Sarajevo International Airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

The war in Ukraine and its knock-on effects have forced Bosnian Serb nationalists to delay plans to pull their region out of Bosnia's national institutions, their leader Milorad Dodik said on Monday.

In December, the parliament of Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic voted to start work on severing ties with Bosnia's armed forces, judiciary and tax system, in a non-binding motion meant to pave the way for secession.

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