Saturday, September 8, 2007

EUPM STRONGLY SUPPORTS LAJCAK

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (September 8, 2007) - Following the address of the international community's high representative and EU special representative in Bosnia, Miroslav Lajcak,to the Bosnian Parliament, Head of the European Union Police Mission in Bosnia (EUPM) Brigadier General Vincenzo Coppola expressed his strongest support to the initiatives currently undertaken by Lajcak.

In his speech, the Lajcak urged Bosnia to reach an agreement on police reform, the main pre-requisite for signing a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU.

“It is clear that this country needs a police reform as the current system can be considerably improved.This will remain one of our top priorities,” Coppola said.

Our goal is to raise the professional standards of the Bosnian police agencies so as to ensure that the best possible police practises are being applied, resulting in a better security situation in the country,” he went on.

The international community's high representative and EU special representative in Bosnia, Miroslav Lajcak will be travelling to Brussels on 10 September to take stock of the reform process with EU high representative Javier Solana.

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