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BANJA LUKA -- RS Prime Minister Željka Cvijanović has said that the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina "has a right to self-determination."

According to her, "the talk about a referendum, when it comes to the Serb Republic (RS), is not taboo nor is it artificially imposed from time to time."
"I must remind you that this issue is present in both the political and the personal lives of the citizens of the RS. We have a right to self-determination, if international norms are accepted," Cvijanović told the Bosnian edition of the Croatian daily Večernji List.