Bosnian leader meets with Bush

The president of the Bosnian Council of Ministers met with U.S. President George Bush in Washington yesterday.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 08.02.2008.

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The president of the Bosnian Council of Ministers met with U.S. President George Bush in Washington yesterday. Nikola Spiric, who will be in the U.S. for several days, attended a ceremonial breakfast in Washington. Bosnian leader meets with Bush He also met with Nicholas Burns, who recently resigned from his post as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. The two discussed the current political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the required reforms and the challenges that the country faces. Spiric added that signing the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the European Union was Bosnia-Herzegovina's chief priority, and he asked the American administration for help on Bosnia's road towards European integration. The Bosnian official talked about constitutional reform and said that it was a great shame that the “April package” of reforms had not been adopted, adding that an extension of the Dayton Accords would be the best way to secure constant progress for Bosnia-Herzegovina towards Brussels and Washington. He said that drafting a completely new Constitution would be an unrealistic goal. Burns said that he fully supported Bosnia's European integration and stated that the U.S. and Bosnia-Herzegovina had always been friendly and would continue to be so. He added that he hoped no-one within Bosnia-Herzegovina would want to tie the cases of Republic of Srpska and Kosovo, stressing that those were two completely different issues. Nikola Spiric (FoNet, archive)

Bosnian leader meets with Bush

He also met with Nicholas Burns, who recently resigned from his post as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.

The two discussed the current political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the required reforms and the challenges that the country faces.

Špirić added that signing the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the European Union was Bosnia-Herzegovina's chief priority, and he asked the American administration for help on Bosnia's road towards European integration.

The Bosnian official talked about constitutional reform and said that it was a great shame that the “April package” of reforms had not been adopted, adding that an extension of the Dayton Accords would be the best way to secure constant progress for Bosnia-Herzegovina towards Brussels and Washington.

He said that drafting a completely new Constitution would be an unrealistic goal.

Burns said that he fully supported Bosnia's European integration and stated that the U.S. and Bosnia-Herzegovina had always been friendly and would continue to be so.

He added that he hoped no-one within Bosnia-Herzegovina would want to tie the cases of Republic of Srpska and Kosovo, stressing that those were two completely different issues.

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