The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Zoran Tegeltija, talked yesterday in Sarajevo with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, Peter Szijjarto, about strengthening the cooperation between the two countries and the European integration of BiH.
On this occasion, Chairman Tegeltija mentioned that the relations between BiH and Hungary are good and that they are intensifying in all areas. He emphasized that the two friendly countries have no open issues and expressed commitment to the further development of bilateral ties in mutual interest, and especially when it comes to improving economic cooperationwhich can be raised to a higher level by intensifying contacts between businessmen.
During the talks, Tegeltija thanked Hungary for its continued support and assistance to BiH on its European path and welcomed the European Commission’s new proposal to improve the accession process – the European Union (EU)‘s credible perspective for the Western Balkans, and expressed hope that this methodology will provide new and stronger momentum of the EU enlargement process.
He expressed special gratitude to the Hungarian government for its assistance so far in the fight against the coronavirus, valuable donations of protective equipment, PCR tests and vaccines.
At this meeting, in the light of yesterday‘s regional conference on migration, they also discussed resolving issues in the field ofmigration. Thus, Chairman Tegeltija stressed that BiH bears too much of the burden of the crisis and that strong assistance from the EU and the international community is needed in stopping the movement of migrants towards BiH.
”Also, Tegeltija informed his interlocutor about internal relations in BiH. On that occasion, he pointed out the need to resolve the political crisis in BiH through internal dialogue, without imposing solutions from the outside, while respecting the constitutional competencies of all levels of government in BiH and the Dayton Peace Agreement, ” it was announced by the BiH Council of Ministers.
