Young people are leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina due to the political uncertainty and the dialogue stagnation, warned Valentin Inzko, the international community's representative in the country.

Speaking for Bosnian issue of the Zagreb-based daily newspaper Vecernji List on Tuesday, Inzko said that “the exodus of the youth” was directly linked to the fact that the key political actors in the country are disproportionally focusing on ethnic matters instead of the real problems.

“The parties in the coalition should work together for the government to make results. Instead of that, we have a dialogue stagnation and political uncertainty, which is why the youth is leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Inzko stressed.

Valentin Inzko is an Austrian diplomat who has been serving as the international community's High Representative in Bosnia since 2009, with a mission to oversee the civilian implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement (DPA) which ended the 1992-95 war in that country.

“As one can see on many examples across Bosnia and Herzegovina, if the political elites have a political will and a sense of responsibility towards the citizens, then there is a vast array of possible compromise solutions,” said Inzko adding that blockades and stagnation happen whenever the ruling parties do not feel ready to give up on their “maximalist and unilateral demands.”

The international community expects a swift and uninterrupted implementation of the election results, the High Representative noted and reiterated that the responsibility for that is solely on Bosnian politicians.

“I truly hope that coalitions of politicians, who would be ready to provide to citizens what they really need, will come into power after the election,” Inzko underlined.