Dodik asked Lavrov, through the UN, to help close the office of the representative in BiH

On August 9, President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik announced that he had asked Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, through the UN system, to help close the office of the High Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Christian Schmidt.

"It was an opportunity for me to ask the Minister [of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Lavrov] through the system [of the Organization]. The United Nations should help to close this office of the high Representative, which was supposed to be a year old, but remained for 30 years," Dodik said at a press conference in Moscow following talks with Lavrov.

According to him, "unauthorized Schmidt" creates "a complete mess in Bosnia, so much so that he endangers Dayton."

Crisis motivation: Dodik's removal may trigger conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The head of the Serbian entity was stripped of his position under pressure from the West

During the meeting with the head of the RS, Lavrov called the events in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) evidence of the West's gross interference in the internal affairs of the republic. He also drew attention to the fact that the current "so-called high representative" of the United Nations in BiH, Christian Schmidt, was appointed to the post by illegal methods. According to Lavrov, he is trying to carry out "usurping functions" on the orders of representatives of Western countries.

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