
Senior Serb politician confirms to BBC that he intends to create Serb army
A senior Serb politician in Bosnia-Herzegovina intends to create a new Serb army.
A senior Serb politician in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, tells Weekend that he intends to pull out of country's national army and create a new Serb army for Republika Srpska. But he says he doesn't want Bosnia to break up.
We also hear from international community's chief representative in Bosnia, Christian Schmidt who says he won't tolerate any moves to break up the country.
And Bosnian-born Baroness Helic of the British House of Lords on the perils of ignoring the current crisis in Bosnia, and the need for western powers to act immediately.
Also, Rwanda's Minister of the Environment speaks to us about being among five countries selected to trial and find new ways to easily access climate finance.
Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Karin von Hippel, Director-General of the defence thinktank RUSI, an independent defence and security research centre in London; and Ryan Heath, senior editor at Politico, the online news publication.
(Image: Member of Bosnia-Herzegovina's Presidency, Milorad Dodik, speaks at a summit in Budapest, Hungary. Credit: REUTERS)
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