EU diplomats clash with Trump administration over top Bosnia and Herzegovina post

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Diplomats from the EU and the Trump administration have clashed in Sarajevo over the appointment of a new high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The failure to reach consensus has highlighted transatlantic tensions and weakened Western cohesion in the Balkans region.

Diplomats in Sarajevo failed to agree on a candidate for the high representative role, which carries a lot of power and influence across the Balkans Diplomats from the US and Europe have been unable to resolve their differences and agree on a new top international envoy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in a standoff which has become a transatlantic test of wills over influence in the Balkans. A meeting in Sarajevo to select a new high representative, a post with far-reaching powers, ended without a compromise, in a spat that has undermined western cohesion in the region in the Trump era. Continue reading...