EU Nations Mull Options to Rein In Separatist Leader in Bosnia
By Misha Savic and
France and Germany have drafted a set of options to financially and politically isolate, including with sanctions, officials in Bosnia's Serb-majority region whose bid to secede has plunged the Balkan country into crisis, according to a letter seen by Bloomberg News.
The key target is President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik, who's attempted to claim further autonomy and possibly independence for the Serb-majority half of the country, recently banning Bosnia's federal institutions in the territory. The goal of the proposed measures is to compel Dodik to abandon those policies, the document read.
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