"Little chance of Bosnia joining EU by 2014"

The High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko said that he doubts that Bosnia will be able to become a European Union member by 2014.

Izvor: Tanjug

Saturday, 22.08.2009.

12:44

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The High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina Valentin Inzko said that he doubts that Bosnia will be able to become a European Union member by 2014. “That year is an overly optimistic deadline. But it would be a nice symbol if Bosnia and other countries of the Balkans would join the EU on the 100th anniversary of the assassination in Sarajevo and the beginning of World War I,” Inzko told Vienna daily Standard. "Little chance of Bosnia joining EU by 2014" “The conditions of the EU are more concrete than you think and the strategy for association is clearer. There are also clear conditions for visa liberalization for everyone. Of the 174 points, Bosnia-Herzegovina completed 150, and they should be able to finish the rest of the tasks by June 2010,” Inzko said. Speaking of the fate of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), he said that there will be a transition from the OHR to a strengthened office of the EU’s special envoy. “Bosnians will have to stand on their own more and more and be open to compromise…I think that it is time to think about whether Bosnia would be able to find its way with the OHR. The High Representative cannot stay here forever. International presence will remain for a long time, but in the role of an envoy. Help can be usefully for the most part in reconciliation or state functionality,” Inzko said.

"Little chance of Bosnia joining EU by 2014"

“The conditions of the EU are more concrete than you think and the strategy for association is clearer. There are also clear conditions for visa liberalization for everyone. Of the 174 points, Bosnia-Herzegovina completed 150, and they should be able to finish the rest of the tasks by June 2010,” Inzko said.

Speaking of the fate of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), he said that there will be a transition from the OHR to a strengthened office of the EU’s special envoy.

“Bosnians will have to stand on their own more and more and be open to compromise…I think that it is time to think about whether Bosnia would be able to find its way with the OHR. The High Representative cannot stay here forever. International presence will remain for a long time, but in the role of an envoy. Help can be usefully for the most part in reconciliation or state functionality,” Inzko said.

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