Bosnian Serb entity’s lobbyist says Israeli and Saudi officials showed interest in independence, while Bosnia’s court bars related budget payments

Dickens & Madson, a Canadian lobbying firm representing Republika Srpska, said in U.S. filings that officials in Israel and Saudi Arabia showed interest in the Bosnian Serb entity’s independence from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The filings cover the firm’s work through December 2025 and the first half of 2026.

The firm reported holding engagements with the offices of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and Israel’s president while advocating for Republika Srpska. It said it understood that both governments planned to raise the issue with U.S. officials, but that it had no details about whether or when those discussions occurred. Republika Srpska signed a $4 million contract with Dickens & Madson in September 2025; Bosnia’s Constitutional Court later barred payments under that agreement and budget-funded lobbying for aims contrary to the country’s constitution and state institutions’ decisions. Source: Klix