page_title: Republika Srpska
section_title: Representative offices
hierarchical_section_title: Republika Srpska / Politics / Representative offices
caption_attribution_description: Српски / srpski: Представништва Републике Српске у свијету Београд (Србија) (црвена) Јерусалим (Израел) (црвена) Москва (Русија) (црвена) Брисел (Белгија) (црвена) Штутгарт (Њемачка) (црвена) Беч (Аустрија) (црвена) Република Српска (плава) English: Representative offices of Republika Srpska in world Belgrade (Serbia) (red color) Jerusalem (Israel) (red color) Moscow (Russia) (red color) Brussels (Belgium) (red color) Stuttgart (Germany) (red color) Vienna (Austria) (red color) Republika Srpska (blue color)
context_page_description: Republika Srpska is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its largest city and administrative centre is Banja Luka, lying on the Vrbas river.
  The entity encompasses most of the Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina-populated portions of Bosnia and Herzegovina situated in the north and east of the country. Formed in 1992 at the outset of the breakup of Yugoslavia, Republika Srpska, following the Dayton Accords, achieved international recognition as part of a federal Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  Today, Republika Srpska maintains a parliamentary-style government, with the National Assembly holding legislative power within the entity. Republika Srpska is relatively centralised, although it is split into 2nd-level administrative units—municipalities, or opštine—of which there are 64. The legislature holds 83 seats, and the current session is the ninth since its founding.
context_section_description: In February 2009, Republika Srpska opened a representative office in Brussels. While European Union representatives were not present at the ceremony, top Republika Srpska officials attended the event, saying it would advance their economic, political and cultural relations with the EU. This notion has been strongly condemned by Bosniak leaders, saying that this is further proof of Republika Srpska distancing itself from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The president of Republika Srpska, Rajko Kuzmanović, told reporters that this move did not jeopardise Republika Srpska's place within Bosnia and Herzegovina. He added that Republika Srpska merely used its constitutional right 'to open up a representation office in the centre of developments of European relevance'. Republika Srpska maintains official offices in Belgrade, Moscow, Stuttgart, Jerusalem, Thessaloniki, Washington D.C., Brussels, and Vienna.
caption: Representative offices of Republika Srpska worldwide
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