AMERICAN EMBASSY IN BIH: DODIK THREATS ARE ANOTHER STEP ON HIS WAY TO ISOLATION

SARAJEVO, SEPTEMBER 7 (ONASA) – Milorad Dodik’s threat to prevent the high representative from entering the Bosnian entity Republika Srpska and to restrict his freedom of movement is unconstitutional – the American embassy in Sarajevo warned today.
This represents, as they point out, another deliberate attack by Dodik on the Dayton Peace Agreement, the constitutional order of BiH and the state of BiH.
The High Representative is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the civilian aspects of the Dayton Peace Agreement, which obligates officials to cooperate with it, and enjoys diplomatic status throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations – the US Embassy specified.
They say that Dodik’s reckless threats and ridiculous claims about the status and powers of the high representative are unacceptable and represent another step down the dangerous path he has chosen – the path of isolation.
The United States of America fully supports the High Representative and his use of Bonn powers when necessary, and will continue to hold accountable those individuals who behave in an anti-Dayton manner – underline from the US Embassy in Sarajevo.
The President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, said yesterday that a decree is being prepared to, as he stated, ban the entry of the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, into the RS, and that the police stations “will have the task of organizing units and expelling him when Schmidt enters the RS “.