EUROPEAN COMMISSION EXPECTS AGREEMENT ON BOSNIAN POLICE REFORM TO BE ACHIEVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (September 15,2007) – European Commission expects the Bosnian police reform agreement to be achieved as soon as possible, especially keeping in mind that the end of September is the time when the annual report for the countries aiming to become the EU members will be completed, Frane Maroevic said, commenting the current situation in the police reform sector.

”It is clear that without an agreement on this key reform,a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between Bosnia and the EU will not be signed”, Maroevic said.

Apart from that, if the police reform agreement is not signed, the European Commissions’ report will clearly show that Bosnia is behind the other countries in the process of association to the EU,Maroevic said.