Sunday, November 4, 2007

SDA PRESIDENT SULEJMAN TIHIC DISCUSSED CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION IN BOSNIA WITH US OFFICIALS

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (November 4, 2007) - The Party of Democratic Action (SDA) President Sulejman Tihic met with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe Rosemary Di Carlo and US Ambassador to Bosnia Charles English in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo.

They discussed the current political situation in Bosnia in the context of the High Representative’s decisions and the Declaration of the Peace Implementation Council.

Both sides expressed concern with the latest developments and especially the failure on reaching an agreement on police reform in Bosnia.Besides radicalising the situation, this has also stopped reforms and the process of moving Bosnia closer to the EU and Euro-Atlantic structures,they concluded.

Tihic confirmed that he and the SDA Party fully support the International Community's High Representative in Bosnia and his decisions, as well as the Declaration of the Peace Implementation Council.

"Changes to the Bosnian Constitution need to be made as soon as possible. Until this happens, Bosnia will still need the High Representative with his Bonn Powers, because under the existing constitutional structure the system is unable to function," Tihic said.

Di Carlo and English supported the Mostar Declaration and stressed that this document needs to be immediately transferred into laws and other necessary acts so that process can again move forward.

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