Russia has asked that the UN Security Council vote Thursday afternoon on its proposal to abolish the post of high representative in BiH and its office by July 2022, diplomats told AFP.
Submitted to the Security Council last week, the Russian draft resolution, co-sponsored by China, “welcomes and agrees” to the designation of German politician Christian Schmidt as successor to current high representative Valentin Inzko of Austria.
But the draft, obtained by AFP, goes on to say that it “supports the appointment of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (…) until 31 July 2022 with closure of the Office of the High Representative.”
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