Bosnia peace envoy to resign, Bosnian daily says

German politician Christian Schmidt ​will resign as Bosnia's ​international high representative, the ‌Sarajevo-based Oslobodjenje ​daily reported late on Sunday, citing sources. Schmidt, a former German government minister and ‌a member of Germany's Christian Social Union, has served nearly five years in the role, which is charged with implementing the ‌Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian war three decades ago.

German politician Christian Schmidt ​will resign as Bosnia's ​international high representative, the ‌Sarajevo-based Oslobodjenje ​daily reported late on Sunday, citing sources. Schmidt, a former German government minister and ‌a member of Germany's Christian Social Union, has served nearly five years in the role, which is charged with implementing the ‌Dayton Agreement that ended the Bosnian war three decades ago. ‌He also serves as the final interpreter of the Bosnian constitution.

The Office of the High Representative did not respond to messages on the weekend ⁠seeking ​comment on ⁠the matter. Schmidt is in New York where he is expected to ⁠present his report on Bosnia, a European Union membership candidate, to ​the United Nations, the daily said. It added that he ⁠was resigning for personal reasons. The United States-brokered Dayton peace deal, which ended ⁠the three-and-a-half-year ​Bosnian war in 1995, left the Balkan country divided into the Serb Republic and the Bosniak-Croat Federation, which are ⁠linked by a weak central government.

Schmidt was frequently at odds ⁠with Bosnian ⁠Serbs, who did not recognise his appointment because it was not endorsed by the United Nations ‌Security Council.