The former high representative cited 'huge and unexpected' pressure from Washington as among the reasons for his stepping down
US and European officials failed to agree by Thursday on a top international envoy for keeping the peace in Bosnia after two days of meetings, outgoing high representative Christian Schmidt confirmed.
Established as part of the 1995 peace deal that ended Bosnia’s inter-ethnic war, the high representative oversees the civilian implementation of the accords and enjoys sweeping powers in the Balkan nation.
European countries, Russia and the United States have disagreed in recent years over the power held by the high representative, who is appointed by the steering board of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) tasked with overseeing the Dayton agreement.
Log in to continue reading for free
