Chairman of the Council of Ministers of BiH Denis Zvizdić met today in Strasbourg with the Commissioner for European Neighborhood and Enlargement Policy Johannes Hahn. They discussed the fulfillment of remaining preconditions for obtaining a status of candidate until the end of 2017.
Chairman Zvizdić pointed out the exceptional commitment of BiH to the continuation of reform processes, with the aim of obtaining the candidate status until the end of the year. Zvizdić said that authorities across all levels in BiH will invest additional efforts for the continuation of reforms and fulfillment of the most important preconditions, so that the Council of EU could consider the BiH membership application with a positive outcome.
Commissioner Hahn said that it is necessary to design and adopt sectoral national standards in the fields of transportation and energy, which maintain the country’s priorities.
During the meeting, Zvizdić and Hahn also talked about the population census. Commissioner Hahn said that it is necessary to publish results as soon as possible, in accordance with the law and recommendation from EUROSTAT.
Chairman Zvizdić informed the commissioner Hahn about the status of key conditions for continuation of European integration- he expressed belief that all political actors in BiH will show a dose of responsibility towards the historical opportunity which is ahead of us, so that all the remaining EU conditions would be met. This would eventually result in the delivery of a Questionnaire to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(Source: bap.ba)
