BOSNIA TO GET STATUS OF CANDIDATE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN EU TILL END OF 2010

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (September 25,2008) - "The aim of Bosnia is the get the status of candidate for membership in the European Union (EU) till the end of 2010, and whether this will happen earlier will depend on disposal in EU to speed up the process of integration of all countries in the region, and also if Bosnia shows good result in this process".This was said yesterday by the Director of the Bosnian Directorate for European Integrations Osman Topcagic, talking to Bosnian diplomats within the Bosnian Ministry for Foreign Affairs diplomatic forum.

He pointed out that signing the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between Bosnia and the EU means big obligations for all Bosnian state institutions, especially for the Bosnian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Bosnian diplomatic networks.

Topcagic said that the first meeting of the temporary board for monitoring implementation of the Temporary Agreement on SAA should be held on October 7th.

When it comes to the forthcoming annual report of the EC on progress, Topcagic said that the deadline for taking results into consideration is October 3rd, and it is important to try to finalize some activities in order for the report to be more positive.
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