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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger in Sarajevo

Europe and US on collision course over next high representative for Bosnia

View over city from a high point with mountains and sunset in the background.
Ambassadors from around the world will meet in Sarajevo in a second attempt to agree on a new high representative. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Diplomats from around the world are due to meet in Sarajevo on Tuesday in an attempt to resolve a deep rift between the US and Europe over a top envoy appointment that could have a powerful influence on the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Disagreement has erupted over who should become the next high representative for the international community, a post with significant powers, in an overt test of political wills. The Trump administration is assertively pushing a business-driven agenda, potentially at the expense of Bosnia’s delicate postwar political balance.

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