Power, the first US official to visit the Balkan country after Washington recently slapped new sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik.
"Talk of war is making it incredibly difficult ... to attract investment from the international community ... and to build a strong and enduring economy that creates jobs," Samantha Power, the administrator of the US Agency for International Development , said on Friday during a news conference in Sarajevo.
"The United States is watching and is very, very concerned about the political crisis, political blockade and obstructionism that occurred," Power said. Power called on Bosnian politicians to put aside divisive rhetoric that brings into question the durability of 26 years of peace.
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