A member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik commented yesterday at a special session of the National Assembly of the entity of Republic of Srpska on the sanctions imposed against him by the Government of the United Kingdom and said he did not care about it.

- Those sanctions will bring down to a minimum every kind of procedure or conversation with the British Ambassador to BiH Matthew Field, and that is excellent - said Dodik.

British sanctions mean that Dodik will not be able to travel to the United Kingdom or use or access any property they he might own in the United Kingdom.

- I do not have any property in the United Kingdom and I have not been in that country for more than ten years - Dodik added.

He also said that the "British never had good intentions towards the Serbs."

To remind you, the Government of the United Kingdom sanctioned Milorad Dodik and Željka Cvijanović for their violation of the legitimacy and functionality of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The UK Foreign Minister Elizabeth Truss said the two politicians were deliberately undermining the hard-achieved peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

- Encouraged by Putin, their reckless behavior is a threat to stability and security throughout the Western Balkans. With these harsh sanctions, we are showing that the enemies of peace will be called to account - said Foreign Minister Lizz Truss.

She pointed out that these were not sanctions against the entity of Republika Srpska or its citizens, but that they were "sanctions aimed at two people who have behaved irresponsibly in their positions."