(24 Apr 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sarajevo – 24 April 2025
1. Building of government of Republika Srpska, police outside
2. Various of police outside
3. Various President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik arrives at university, being greeted by officials
4. Various of police
5. News conference
6. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska:
“What we have been saying since day one, he (Christian Schmidt, German diplomat tasked with overseeing peace in Bosnia) is not legitimate. He was not elected to this post by UN Security Council. He was not elected in accordance with annex 10 of Dayton peace agreement. He has no rights and authority here.”
7. Wide of news conference
8. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milorad Dodik, president of Republika Srpska:
“Am I a fugitive? Does it look like to you that I am a fugitive? Why are you mocking? What exactly are you mocking about?”
9. Wide of news conference
10. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska:
“The solution here is that those from Federation (of Bosnia) extradite Schmidt to us, so we can deal with him. So we can try him, to lock him up in our prison. And we sentence him – because he falsely represents himself and because he tried to abolish Bosnia-Herzegovina. We would happily do that. If he (Schmidt) by coincidence shows up in the territory of Republika Srpska, and we get information about it, we will arrest him.”
11. Dodik being greeted by his supporters
12. Dodik leaving
13. Police around Dodik convoy
14. Motorcade leaves
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sarajevo – 24 April 2025
15. Building of the office of the high representative of international community in Bosnia
16. News conference with Christian Schmidt
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Christian Schmidt, High Representative of international community in Bosnia:
“Today I issued a decision suspending all budget disbursements for political party financing to SNSD (Milorad Dodik’s party) and United Srpska (Dodik’s coalition partner). All budget disembursements for political party financing intended for SNSD and United Srpska at every level in Bosnia-Herzegovina, state, entity, cantonal, city, municipal and Brcko district will be suspended and redirected to a special account at the Central Bank of Bosnia-Herzegovina.“
18. OHR building
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Christian Schmidt, High Representative of international community in Bosnia:
“We do not need fortresses in BiH (Bosnia-Herzegovina) and those who think they need fortresses – they do not contribute to the future of this country.”
20. Flag of OHR and Bosnia
STORYLINE:
The top international official in Bosnia on Thursday cut all budgetary financing for ruling political parties in the Serb-run part of the country, increasing the pressure on the entity’s pro-Russian president, who is wanted over his separatist policies.
Christian Schmidt, a German diplomat tasked with overseeing peace in Bosnia, accused the leadership of the Serb-run Republika Srpska entity of undermining the Dayton accords that ended the 1992-95 war in the country.
Schmidt announced his move a day after Bosnian state police officers attempted to detain Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, but were prevented by armed Bosnian Serb police.
Schmidt’s Office of the High Representative has the authority to change and impose laws in Bosnia.
Dodik is wanted for undermining Bosnia’s constitution with a series of laws boosting the independence of the Serb-run half of the country.
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