28 April 2011

CROATIA/ SERBIA / BOSNIA: New Crisis...As EU Warns Against Secessionist Policies.

 
GUARDIAN/ I. Traynor    (Serb president Tadic and Dodik, president Republic of Srpska)
    "Bosnia is facing its worst crisis since the end of the war 16 years ago because of Serb secessionist policies aimed at paralysing the country, according to the top international official overseeing the state.
     In an interview with the GUARDIAN, Valentin Inzko, the Austrian diplomat who is the international community's high representative in Sarajevo, warned he would act to halt a referendum called by Milorad Dodik, the Bosnian Serb leader, on whether to reject Bosnia's state war crimes court and special prosecutor's office established in 2005 by international decree".
   "This is definitely the most serious crisis since the signing of the Dayton agreement," said Inzko. "Never before has such a referendum been planned. The intention is to roll back all the achievements. It challenges the role of the high representative. It would be a direct attack on the Dayton settlement. This cannot be allowed. I would repeal this law."