Bosnian Serb Separatist Leader Threatens Top International Envoy With Arrest and Deportation
U.S. News & World Report SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) The separatist Bosnian Serb leader threatened Wednesday to arrest and deport a top international official overseeing peace in Bosnia if he enters the Serb-controlled regions in the war-torn Balkan state.
The warning made by Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik further escalates tensions in Bosnia, where a bloody war in the 1990s killed more than 100,000 people and left millions homeless. Dodik doesn't recognize the authority of envoy Christian Schmidt, claiming he wasn't legally installed for the top peacekeeping job.
Dodik said Wednesday that a decree is in the works about the arrest and deportation of the high international representative in case he tries to enter Republika Srpska, about half of Bosnia that is in control of the Bosnian Serbs. The other half is the Bosniak-Croat federation the entities formed under a U.S.-mediated peace deal that ended the 1992-1995 war.
