The Council of Ministers of BiH yesterday adopted the Report submitted by Hamdo Tinjak, head of the negotiating team of BiH for the completion of negotiations regarding the adaptation of the Stabilization and Association Agreement, with accompanying conclusions and next steps.
Salko Sokolović, delegate in the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, asked the relevant minister to update the delegates about the development of the process.
“Media report that the attitudes were adjusted, but without a final agreement. Adjustment of this agreement is a precondition for the credibility of the request for membership in the EU. What were our requests, requests of the European Commission, which compromises have been made and when can we expect a final answer,” Sokolović said.
Mirko Šarović, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH, stated that negotiations are not being led by the Ministry but by a negotiating team, and that the negotiations are being led for three years.
“There were four rounds in the continuation of the process, and four more rounds earlier. That is a total of eight rounds of negotiations. Negotiations have been recently completed with an exchange of offers by EU and BiH. Those are not classic negotiations with shaking hands and giving contents. This is giving offers and entering a very complex system. Everything that BiH requested and that has a chance for approval must be approved by all members of the EU and the entire process should be completed by the end of this year, precisely because of the complexity of this process, Šarović said.
Šarović said that the offer by BiH is in accordance with the country’s position, and the first next steps are to put everything in one document and initial it.
Dragan Čović, leader of HDZ and member of the BiH Presidency, announced the adjustment of the SAA for July, which opposes the statement of Mirko Šarović.
(Source: nap.ba/photo: faktor.ba)
