Bosnia’s collective presidency vows there will be no ethnic clashes

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar, left, speaks with Croat member of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia Zeljko Komsic, right, in the capital Sarajevo, Bosnia (AP)

Members of Bosnia’s collective presidency have offered assurances that there will be no repeat of ethnic clashes in the war-scarred nation, a senior US diplomat said, despite deep tensions triggered by Bosnian Serb separatist moves.

“The most important thing that we agreed with all of the interlocutors that we met with today is that we all agree that there will be no war and that’s the most important message,” said US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar after his meetings with Bosniak, Serb and Croat presidency members.