During an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Parliament Speaker Reiner visited Mostar. He met Bishop Ratko Perić and visited the University Clinic Hospital in Mostar and the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Mostar.
Reiner discussed various key points with the Croatian political and religious leaders in BiH. These included the European integration process, the position of the Croatian people in BiH, as well as the economy and the possibilities of economic cooperation.
He pointed out that Croatia strongly supports the process of BiH joining the EU and will continue to do so in the future.
Speaking about the position of the Croatian people in BiH, he said that they are theoretically constituent people, adding that the constitutionality, in terms of equality, has been achieved in the political sphere, unlike previous years when other people elected Croatian representatives.
He claims that constitutional rights and equality of rights will exist only then, when the average man starts to feel equal to all others in terms of competition for obtaining state work, scholarships and more.
“We care a lot about this issue, and we hope that equality and constitutionality are carried out in real life,” said Reiner.
Speaking about economic cooperation, he said that BiH in the first three months of this year once again became Croatia’s primary trading partner.
“We talked about large infrastructures and energy projects on which we can work together and for which we can get significant EU funds. This would of course strengthen our relationship even more” said Reiner.
He stressed that Croatia strongly supports not only the integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also the functionality of BiH in every sense.
“We are extremely pleased to have started the process of convergence to NATO. We hope that this process will continue and that BiH will one day become a member of NATO,” said the president of the Croatian Parliament.
Reiner will also give a lecture at the Faculty of Philosophy on the topic of “The role of parliaments in multinational states”, and will visit the Franciscan Monastery of St. Peter and Paul later on in the evening.
Tomorrow in Mostar, he will meet with the representatives of the Croatian National Congress and 3 mayors of cities and municipalities where Croatians are a majority. After Mostar, he will visit Banja Luka, where he will meet with the President of the National Assembly of RS Nedeljko Čubrilović, Bishop Komarić, and the political representatives of the Croats in the RS and representatives of Croatian associations.
(Source: FENA)
