Sunday, December 2, 2007

BOSNIAN PRESIDENCY MEMBER HARIS SILAJDZIC MET WITH EUFOR COMMANDER HANS-JOCHEN WITTHAUER

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (December 2,2007) – A member of the Bosnian Presidency Haris Silajdzic met in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo with the Commander of the European Union Force in Bosnia (EUFOR), Rear Admiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer, for a farewell visit.

Witthauer expressed conviction that Bosnia will, apart from all the difficulties, continue the way of Euro-Atlantic integrations. He emphasized in his last visit to Brussels that Bosnia has again attracted attention of western diplomats and that the country has again become a regular topic of their meetings.

Silajdzic thanked the EUFOR commander for his engagement in Bosnia and added that the country’s integration to the EU and NATO will contribute security and economic prosperity of the entire region.

Witthauer will complete his term as Commander of EUFOR in Bosnia on 4 December.He will hand over command of EUFOR to General de Division Ignacio Martín Villalaín of the Spanish Army.

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