BOSNIAN PRESIDENT ZELJKO KOMSIC MET WITH MEMBERS OF FRENCH PARLIAMENT

PARIS, France (November 29,2007) – The Bosnian President Zeljko Komsic had a meeting in Paris,France, with members of the Bosnian and French Parliaments’ Group of Friendship.They exchanged opinions on the current political situation in Bosnia and in the region.

President Komsic talked about Bosnia’s determination to put in efforts to strengthen the entire scope of relationships between the two countries; starting with economy, politics, etc.

Commenting the current political situation in Bosnia, President Komsic said that the country is currently facing crisis and that the responsibility lies upon Bosnia's political leaders, for they are responsible, as bearers of parliamentary majority, to end the crisis.

President Komsic expressed support to the measures of the International Community's High Representative in Bosnia and added that these measures are aimed at the strengthening of the Bosnian Government.

”The fact that Bosnia has been left out of the stabilization and association processes gave rise to a bitter feeling with the Bosnian citizens”, President Komsic emphasized and added that it is necessary for Bosnia to sign the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union under some milder conditions, like has recently been the case with Serbia.

President o the Group of Friendship, Member of Parliament Francois Lamy, as well as all other members of the French Parliament, including Patrick Bloche, a delegate from Paris, emphasized that Bosnia has a full support of France to enter the European Union and expressed understanding with the attitudes of the Bosnian President Zeljko Komsic on the need of an accelerated association of Bosnia to the EU.

President Komsic called his collocutors to be active bearers of all kinds of association and cooperation between Bosnia and France.