{"id":25398,"date":"2021-11-17T09:49:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T08:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=25398"},"modified":"2021-11-17T09:49:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T08:49:17","slug":"antony-blinken-warns-sanctions-against-bosnias-dodik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/antony-blinken-warns-sanctions-against-bosnias-dodik\/","title":{"rendered":"Antony Blinken warns sanctions against Bosnia\u2019s Dodik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 1995, the United States brokered a peace accord in Bosnia and Herzegovina is now threatening to slap sanctions against the subjects that have warned for a unilateral withdrawal from state institutions or undermine the agreement, said the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.<\/p>\n<p>Bosnia\u2019s Serb leader Milorad Dodik has threatened secession of Republika Srpska, the Serbian entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the rest of the country,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a signing witness of the Dayton Peace Accords (DPA), the United States reiterates that moves to unilaterally withdraw from state-level institutions or otherwise destabilize the DPA will be met with appropriate action, including the consideration of sanctions\u201d, Blinken wrote in a letter addressed the members of the tripartite Presidency of BiH, <a href=\"https:\/\/istraga.ba\/objavljujemo-pismo-americkog-drzavnog-sekretara-antony-blinkena-jednostrano-povlacenje-iz-drzavnih-institucija-bih-bit-ce-sankcionisano\/\">published in a Bosnian portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Dayton Accord created two entities in Bosnia: The Muslim Croat Federation and the Republika Srpska.<\/p>\n<p>The country is governed and administered along ethnic lines as prescribed by the agreement, but also has a central government that is often dysfunctional.<\/p>\n<p>Dodik, the Serbian representative in the Presidency, has threatened to abandon state-level institutions, including here the judiciary, army, and the tax administration.<\/p>\n<p>He has dismissed international appeals that such an agenda can pave the way to a new conflict in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on, the US noted that there is \u201cno constitutional way\u201d how the Serb-predominant entity may withdraw from national institutions.<\/p>\n<p>But Dodik claims that the institutions he\u2019s threatening to leave are not part of the Constitution in DPA, but were formed by amendments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/11\/11\/russia-backs-independence-of-republika-srpska-in-bosnia\/\">Russia backs independence of Republika Srpska\u00a0in Bosnia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/11\/08\/erdogan-to-meet-vucic-we-dont-want-another-conflict-in-bosnia\/\">Erdogan to meet Vucic: We don\u2019t want another conflict in Bosnia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/11\/08\/escobar-there-will-be-no-war-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina\/\">Escobar: There will be no war in Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 1995, the United States brokered a peace accord in Bosnia and Herzegovina is now threatening to slap sanctions against the subjects that have warned for a unilateral withdrawal from state institutions or undermine the agreement, said the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. 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