I cannot comment on rumors in certain media, German politician Christian Schmidt, a former minister in the German government and a member of the Bundestag, who was announced by some media as the German candidate for the new High Representative in B&H, told Dnevni Avaz exclusively.

- My interest in Bosnia and Herzegovina is limited to help, when it is necessary in the operation of the refugee camp in Una-Sana Canton, where I was lucky enough to help last year - said Schmidt.

Asked about the possibility of him being nominated for the position held by Austrian diplomat Valentin Inzko for years, Schmidt said that the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be asked.

The portals published information that the German embassy in Sarajevo informed some politicians that Schmidt would be proposed for the position, and that this was a plan by which Germany together with Russia wanted to overthrow Inzko and oppose the plans of newly elected US President Joe Biden. German politician and former member of the Bundestag Stefan Schwartz sharply denied this information.

Our paper previously published information from diplomatic sources in the United States, according to which one of Biden's key measures for the Balkans will be a request to appoint a strong political figure from a powerful state to the position of High Representative.

For now, unofficial talks are underway between diplomats from the Peace Implementation Council, and more concrete activities are expected in the spring.