Friday, November 30, 2007

BOSNIAN PRESIDENCY MEMBER HARIS SILAJDZIC MET WITH HEAD OF WORLD BANK'S OFFICE IN BOSNIA MARCO MANTOVANELLI

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (November 30,2007) – A member of the Bosnian Presidency Haris Silajdzic met in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo with Marco Mantovanelli, Head of the World Bank’s Office in Bosnia.

Silajdzic was informed about the World Bank’s activities in Bosnia and about the institution’s future plans.As he said, the World Bank has so far participated in various projects, especially in the projects related to the reconstruction of the country. Since the standard in Bosnia has improved, the future cooperation will be more based on partnership.

Silajdzic emphasized that the support to the reform processes in Bosnia, construction of infrastructural system and sharing of experience and skills are the World Bank’s priorities.

Silajdzic stated that apart from certain political problems, the Bosnian economy has improved and that is the growth which can be increased.

Silajdzic stated that it is necessary to remove administrative obstacles which are a problem for Bosnia’s development.He again emphasized the importance of the V-C Corridor and possibilities of investing into other sectors, like tourism, agriculture and energy.

World Bank’s participation in the process of overcoming the problems and supervision of transparency, Silajdzic said, would be of an enormous assistance.

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