LAJCAK TO ADDRESS UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON CURRENT SECURITY SITUATION IN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (November 14,2007) – The International Community's High Representative and the EU Special Representative in Bosnia Miroslav Lajcak will address the UN Security Council tomorrow in order to brief it on the current security situation in Bosnia, Mario Brkic, Spokesperson of the International Community's High Representative in Bosnia (OHR) told the press yesterday in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo.

”The High Representative will report to the Security Council on the security situation in Bosnia and its economic indicators. He will state that there are two political options for the country – either escalation of the political crisis which will lead the country to isolation or its settling down and continuation of the European road”, Brkic said.

“The High Representative and EU Special Representative will stress that economic progress and the recovery of Srebrenica as well as encouraging the process of confidence building and cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will always remain high on the priority list during his mandate”, Brkic said.