This message was conveyed to Prime Minister Nikšić by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Philip Reeker during yesterday’s meeing in Sarajevo.
‘’The future of B&H is an ongoing interest in my country and we express our respect towards everything that the government and you personally, through important reforms, were undertaken to preserve fiscal stability’’, said Reeker during the meeting in which the Charge d’Affaires of the US Embassy to B&H Nicholas Hill attended.
Prime Minister Nikšić thanked for the support of the US, and spoke to Reeker about the current development projects of the government.
‘’In the FBiH, there has been enormous progress in reviving the defense industry, and the data for the first five months of this year mostly speak of the increase in the volume of construction work by 21 percent. At the same time, with a number of savings we have ensured the solvency of the Federal budget, and have even started to return debts’’, said Nikšić.
The FBiH Prime Minister said that the law on favorable retirement was passed, and that they are working on adopting a set of laws that are based on the confiscation of criminal assets, on the fight against organized crime and on the protection of those who report corruption.
They agreed on the need to amend the FBiH Constitution, for which Nikšić thanked Reeker for the initiative that was begun by the US.
Philip Reeker is on a three-day visit to B&H to meet with local and international officials, announced the FBiH government.