Bosnia envoy warns of consequences if Serbs ignore his laws

FILE PHOTO: Christian Schmidt, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina speaks during a news conference in Sarajevo speaks during a news conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's international peace envoy warned Bosnian Serbs on Monday they will face unspecified consequences if they break the terms of a peace deal by refusing to recognise his decrees and laws.

Christian Schmidt oversees the U.S.-sponsored Dayton peace accord that ended the Balkan country's war in the 1990s, and has the power to sack officials and impose laws.