German top diplomat warns of consequences for Dodik: Coordinating with the United States

“What we are currently seeing in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the worst political crisis since the end of the 1995 war, and I towards this idea”, the German Foreign Minister said in an interview for Sarajevo portal Klux.

He stressed that the RS government's “dangerous and irresponsible breakaway policy is the main responsibility for such a situation. He recalled that in that entity, Dodik has already made a decision to establish his Barnas Agency and thus deregulate from the role of such a state-level agency and now with the promotion of Milodar Dodik aim to take a series of similar measures that would endanger the rest of the BiH Armed Forces, the state judiciary and the uniform collection of taxes and obligations.

He says Germany won't see with collected hands

The head of German diplomacy said a nationalist policy was functioning, which opened old wounds and risked Bosnia and Herzegovina's peaceful future.

This road does not solve a single problem, but creates many new problems, especially for the people of RS. The continuing crisis, coupled with institutional chaos, paralysis of desperately needed reforms and continued tensions, will drive investors abroad, increase unemployment and intensify the stringency of”, Maas said.

Asked whether Germany is willing to take concrete steps, that is, sanctioning those responsible for the destructive behaviour in BiH, Maas replied that the government in which he is a member will not be what will be observing with the united arms what is happening. Risking peace, he explained, will have direct consequences.

“We cannot and do not want to direct German taxpayers' money to an entity that is actively working to destroy Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state. And we will consider individual measures against those who question the country's territorial integrity”, the German Foreign Minister said, adding that Berlin is currently being co-ordinated with European partners, as well as with the United Kingdom and the United States, for steps that can be taken, the Express broadcast.

He confirmed that Germany strongly supports its politician Christian Schmidt as the international community's high representative in BiH, including the use of broad powers available to him.

Maas called on all in BiH to return to implement the necessary reforms instead of conflicts, including changes to the election law, but stressed that this “should not lead to a deepening of existing ethnic divisions”.