BRUSSELS -- The Mostar Declaration and the Sarajevo Agreement could be the basis for initialing the EU's SAA.
Source: Beta
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Lajčak said, after a meeting with the European Parliament's Foreign Policy Council, that the goal of Bosnia, along with Serbia, and Montenegro, is to continue integrating into the European Union.
He confirmed his readiness to use his “authority as long as the political and institutional deadlock exists.”
The Slovak diplomat said that the steps he has taken will lead to the ending of the impasse within the central government and that they do not violate the regulations of the Dayton Agreement, or the constitutional rights of the three nations and two entities of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Lajčak stressed that it is important to find constitutional solutions in Bosnia as well, because in his words, Dayton is the status quo, and does not represent progress.
He said that a new constitution will be very hard to develop, but not impossible, adding that it must be a “domestic product.”
The Republic of Srpska accepts Bosnia-Herzegovina, under the condition that it is recognized as a partner, Lajčak said. He said that “there is a problem of trust between partners and that is the reality that we must deal with.”
“But there is also good reason to believe that Republic of Srpska officials feel like a part of Bosnia-Herzegovina and what they are asking for is to stop the acts of questioning whether the Republic of Srpska is a main pillar of Bosnia-Herzegovina,” Lajčak said.
The Republic of Srpska's stance on the international scene, Lajčak said, is that there are two entities and that the state does not have the right to bring the existence of any either into question.
The high representative said that a common trade system must also be implemented, adding that he has "no idea" how some leaders in the country do not realize that their action narrows the road towards European integrations.
peggy: "Please no more double standards." the point is, that there are no standards in bosnia!
(in a country with too many "public secrets"...,
normal countries have one pm, but bosnia has to many,
and if one pm has drug problems, a second has too tight relations to organized crime, and about the third one better doesn't talk about, ...
what should people expect from such politicians?)
(pm8q, 29 November 2007 12:04)
There has to be peace. People have to understand that we lived together before in Yugoslavia, why cant people live together now in Bosnia. Even if RS separates from Bosnia, they will not be able to sustain as a country. People have to look at economical situation. The only way both entities are going to move forward is work together, everything else is crazy.
(Nermin, 28 November 2007 20:11)
Mr. Lajcak: if people are willing to die for a sovereign piece of land (RS), do you genuinely believe they will take your offer to ditch it for the benefits of signing some sort of commercial and trade treaty (SAA stc.)?
For you this is just yet another, well-paid international gig. For you pushing your agenda is a matter of reaching the career objectives and enhancing your CV.
For RS is the matter of life or death.
See my point? It may help you ease your current confusion on "no having idea how some leaders in the country do not realize that their action narrows the road towards European integrations.”
(Gunar Knob, 28 November 2007 18:03)
Mr. Lajcak: if people are willing to die for a sovereign piece of land (RS), do you genuinely believe they will take your offer to ditch it for the benefits of signing some sort of commercial and trade treaty (SAA stc.)?
For you this is just yet another, well-paid international gig. For you pushing your agenda is a matter of reaching the career objectives and enhancing your CV.
For RS is the matter of life or death.
See my point? It may help you ease your current confusion on "no having idea how some leaders in the country do not realize that their action narrows the road towards European integrations.”
(Gunar Knob, 28 November 2007 18:03)
There has to be peace. People have to understand that we lived together before in Yugoslavia, why cant people live together now in Bosnia. Even if RS separates from Bosnia, they will not be able to sustain as a country. People have to look at economical situation. The only way both entities are going to move forward is work together, everything else is crazy.
(Nermin, 28 November 2007 20:11)
peggy: "Please no more double standards." the point is, that there are no standards in bosnia!
(in a country with too many "public secrets"...,
normal countries have one pm, but bosnia has to many,
and if one pm has drug problems, a second has too tight relations to organized crime, and about the third one better doesn't talk about, ...
what should people expect from such politicians?)
(pm8q, 29 November 2007 12:04)
There has to be peace. People have to understand that we lived together before in Yugoslavia, why cant people live together now in Bosnia. Even if RS separates from Bosnia, they will not be able to sustain as a country. People have to look at economical situation. The only way both entities are going to move forward is work together, everything else is crazy.
(Nermin, 28 November 2007 20:11)
peggy: "Please no more double standards." the point is, that there are no standards in bosnia!
(in a country with too many "public secrets"...,
normal countries have one pm, but bosnia has to many,
and if one pm has drug problems, a second has too tight relations to organized crime, and about the third one better doesn't talk about, ...
what should people expect from such politicians?)
(pm8q, 29 November 2007 12:04)
Mr. Lajcak: if people are willing to die for a sovereign piece of land (RS), do you genuinely believe they will take your offer to ditch it for the benefits of signing some sort of commercial and trade treaty (SAA stc.)?
For you this is just yet another, well-paid international gig. For you pushing your agenda is a matter of reaching the career objectives and enhancing your CV.
For RS is the matter of life or death.
See my point? It may help you ease your current confusion on "no having idea how some leaders in the country do not realize that their action narrows the road towards European integrations.”
(Gunar Knob, 28 November 2007 18:03)