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European Union High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt speaks during the handover ceremony in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
German politician Christian Schmidt (pictured)
took up the post of Bosnia s international peace overseer on Monday (2 August) after a hostile reception by Bosnian Serb leaders who want the Office of the High Representative (OHR) to be scrapped,
writes Daria Sito-sucic.
Schmidt, a former government minister, replaced Austrian diplomat Valentin Inzko after 12 years as the international High Representative in Bosnia, whose office oversees the 1995 Dayton peace agreement.Advertisement It s an honour for me to take this responsibility and serve the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Schmidt said during the official takeover ceremony in the capital of Sarajevo.
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