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Bosnia peace envoy says Serb regional leaders seek to destabilise country

Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik addresses supporters reacting to a court decision, in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 26, 2025 [Amel Emric/Reuters]

The international high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina has accused the political leaders of Republika Srpska, a Serb-majority entity, of seeking to destabilise the country after the statelet passed legislation to bar the Bosnian national police and judiciary.

Lawmakers in Republika Srpska approved the legislation on Thursday after a state court banned its leader Milorad Dodik from politics for six years and sentenced him to one year in prison for refusing to comply with decisions made by the high representative, Christian Schmidt.

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