MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA KONAKOVIĆ AFTER MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GERMAN BAERBOCK: “GERMANY’S SUPPORT IS VERY IMPORTANT AT THIS HISTORICAL MOMENT FOR BIH”

SARAJEVO, MARCH 5 (ONASA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Elmedin Konaković held a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany Annalena Baerbock. The European path of Bosnia and Herzegovina was discussed and encouraging messages were sent.
Minister Konaković emphasized the importance of this visit and the excellent cooperation between Germany and BiH.
“On the list of the most important economic collaborators of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany has been at the very top for many years.
The volume of our economic exchange best reflects our good ties.
We annually export over 3 billion worth of goods from BiH to Germany, and take a look at how much we export to some other countries that some politicians in BiH call friendly.
In this historical moment for us, Germany’s support on the European path is very important.
The opportunity for Bosnia and Herzegovina to open negotiations with the EU can truly be called historic,” Konaković said.
He stated that the specific offers from the EU that we have regarding integration into the European market are examples of the EU opening its doors wide at the moment, and he expressed the hope that his colleagues, as well as those who together with him form the government at the BiH level, will continue to work on “not so easy negotiations and finish your obligations”.
“We started yesterday, today we are intensively negotiating the details of the law on conflict of interest and everything we have done after the conditional green light decision from December shows our readiness and commitment to continue the European path faster than we have ever traveled before.
The conversations he insisted on for a long time pay off and bring, first of all, benefits and benefits to the citizens, but perhaps not to the politicians, which is why daily arguments arise that cause people to leave Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Today we talked about all the details, and our message of commitment against corruption, which our partners insist on, is a very important message.
The fact that the former director of OSA and the president of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the convicted prime minister of FBiH are in prison show the level of corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina for many years, but this time the system shows its readiness to deal with the highest officials in our country and the determination to start corruption. be solved in an adequate way”, Konaković said.
One of the topics of the meeting was the Berlin process, and Konaković stated that two documents were adopted, the third one on movement with identity cards is pending, while negotiations for the fourth one began after Borjana Krišto put her signature.
We hope that colleagues from the RS will give a quick green light.
It will be an example of how the countries of the Western Balkans cooperate in certain areas, especially in economic ones.
I understand the EU’s fears that, observing our misunderstandings in the Western Balkans, we do not bring our own problems into a house where order reigns.
So we should make efforts and show that we can cooperate and integrate the market as such into the EU market, which opens up great investment opportunities.
My goal is to keep young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina building their lives in Bosnia and Herzegovina and not going outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” said Konaković.