Croatia and BiH will sign an agreement on European partnership which will be the framework for Croatian support to BiH in the accession to the EU after the submission of membership application, announced the ministers of foreign affairs of the two countries Miro Kovač and Igor Crnadak yesterday.
Kovač and Crnadak met at Pantovčak, on the margins of the visit paid by the members of the BiH Presidency to the Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović.
“As a signatory of the Dayton Agreement, Croatia has special responsibility towards BiH and wishes to actively support its membership in the European Union. In Croatia BiH can find a strong partner in the implementation of all the reforms necessary so that the aim of entering the EU might be achieved one day,” said the Minister Kovač.
BiH applied for membership in the EU in mid-February.
The near signing of the Agreement on European Partnership was also discussed at the meeting. This agreement would provide a framework for supporting BiH in the first steps after the submission of application for membership. Also discussed was the initiative for a joint session of the two governments.
“After my inaugural visit to BiH, this meeting is another confirmation of our agreement that we will strengthen bilateral cooperation as first neighbors,” Kovač said, adding:
“With these meetings we prove that there is a continuity of Croatian foreign policy towards BiH as a stable country in which all three constituent peoples live equally”.
(Source: klix.ba)
