LAJCAK: BOSNIA MUST FOCUS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SAA

NEW YORK, USA (May 21,2008) - The International Community's High Representative and EU Special Representative in Bosnia Miroslav Lajcák, met with British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband in New York.

Lajcák said that Bosnia is poised to take a significant strategic step forward on the road to EU integration.

“The country must now focus on the implementation of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the European Union, which comes with obligations as well as benefits,” said Lajcák.

He briefed the British Foreign Secretary Miliband on Bosnia’s progress towards meeting the five objections and two conditions agreed unanimously by the Peace Implementation Council when it met in February for the OHR’s transition to an EU led mission.

“The faster progress is made on these five objectives and two conditions the sooner the Office of the International Community's High Representative in Bosnia (OHR) can transition into an EU led mission," said Lajcák.
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