Bosnia high representative says Serb leaders destabilising institutions

Bosnia's international high representative on Friday slammed the political leadership of the country's Serb statelet, accusing them of seeking to destabilise the Balkan country and called for an end to actions that threaten to "undermine" its peace accords.

In a statement released by Christian Schmidt's office, the envoy called for an "immediate cessation of all activities that undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement and the constitutional and legal order of Bosnia and Herzegovina."

The envoy's statement took special aim at moves made by the Serb-dominated statelet on Thursday evening, when its legislature passed a raft of laws to prohibit the national police from operating on its territory and rejected jurisdiction from its central courts.

"These actions by the ruling coalition in Republika Srpska seek to destabilise the institutions exercising constitutional responsibilities of the State,” the statement added.

The remarks come days after Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik was convicted in a landmark trial for defying rulings made by Schmidt.