Chairman of the BIH Presidency Nebojša Radmanović received today Roland Gilles, the Ambassador of France to BIH and Eric Fourrier, the Political Director for the Balkans in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
They spoke about the forthcoming visit of members of the BIH presidency to the President of France Francoise Holland. They assessed that the visit is very important for the development and strengthening of bilateral relations between BiH and France, having in mind that the visit will finally occur after a number of years of no meetings.
Chairman Radmanović and Fourrier agreed that the visit is of importance for strengthening the bilateral relations between BiH and France, and above all the economic relations of the two countries.
Chairman Radmanović said that he hopes that France would help strengthen investments in BiH. Fourrier expressed the readiness of France to work on strengthening economic ties with BiH, given the economic and human potential of BIH.
Chairman Radmanović and his colleagues exchanged opinions on the internal political process in BiH, and its impact on the process of BiH’s aspirations for the EU. He also expressed interest on the impact of Croatia’s accession to the EU and expressed hope that BiH would succeed in the realization of its activities in order to mitigate the possible negative consequences of Croatia’s accession, and how it can be used for the political and economic progress of BiH.
Fourrier said he expects that BiH will overcome the difficult political situation, and would meet the rest of the requirements that would enable it to follow the other countries in the Western Balkans in the process of European integration. They emphasized the importance of the support of France to BIH on this path, announced the BIH Presidency.
