Bosnian Serb Leader Open to Halting Secession Push—With Conditions
The proposal adds a new twist to the tense standoff over Bosnia’s fragile post-war governance.
The proposal adds a new twist to the tense standoff over Bosnia’s fragile post-war governance.
The High Representative “made criminal laws according to which I, elected by the will of the people, was tried for an act that I committed exercising my constitutional powers.”
The politician urges NATO to activate a secret contingency plan involving military intervention to safeguard the Dayton treaty.
Milorad Dodik is challenging Bosnia’s judiciary as he pushes to kick federal authorities out of the country’s Serb-majority region.
“The Bosnia and Herzegovina you knew no longer exists,” Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said after being found guilty of defying the country’s UN High Representative.
“There can be no sovereignty if you’re a colony,” Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik said, calling Bosnia’s western supervision illegitimate and announcing a possible referendum on the region’s future, which could rip the country apart.
As the Russia-NATO standoff preoccupied Western leaders in late 2021, the worrying development did not receive the care it merited. At a meeting of EU foreign ministers last Monday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell at last presented their response.
The country’s Serb-run entity, Republika Srpska, will quit key state institutions to achieve full autonomy.