Bosnia Leaders Trade Accusations with US Diplomats

The Bosnian Foreign Minister and Social Democratic Party leader, Zlatko Lagumdzija, met the Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy, Nicholas Hill, on September 23, to rebut charges of neglect and corruption contained in a recent blog post by two senior US officials.

The meeting came after the two US officials in Bosnia used a US embassy blog post to accuse politicians of being inactive in reconstructing the country after the devastating floods in May - and of being corrupt and neglectful.

The Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday flatly rejecting the accusations of corruption and of misuse of donor money.

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