BOSNIA AND EU TO SIGN STABILISATION AND ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT IN MAY

BRUSSELS, Belgium (March 18,2008) – Sources close to the EU claim that the signing date of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between Bosnia and the EU has been moved to May, instead of the initially expected April 28. Unofficially, the change carries no political message, nor is it a consequence of the Bosnian Parliament's Commission for Defence and Security rejecting the police reform bill.

Instead, it is a matter of procedure. After Bosnia had met the key conditions, it will take several weeks for the EC to complete preparations and documentation.

The document, among other things, needs to be translated into 23 languages. For this reason, the signing is more likely to take place in May, a source has explained.
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