Clinton and Ashton in Sarajevo: the United States and the EU are trying to make by broken Cup of Bosnia and ...

Hillary Clinton and Catherine Ashton with the members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina-Baqir Izetbegovic Nebojsa Radmanoviem, and Zeljko Komiem. Sarajevo. October 30, 2012 year. Source: Tanjug.

29-30 October 2012, the United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and security policy Catherine Ashton visited the diplomatic visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). At the airport in Sarajevo, they met the Minister of Foreign Affairs of BiH Zlatko Lagumdzija. October 30 in Sarajevo, Clinton and Ashton met with members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina- Baqir Izetbegovic (Muslims) Nebojsa Radmanoviem (Serbs) and eljko Komiem (Croats). Secretary of State of the United States and the EU High Representative said in Sarajevo that the political leaders of Bih should find common ground and work for the State, emphasizing that it was unacceptable to question the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Heads of departments noted that the United States and the EU to give full support for a multi-ethnic Bosnia and Herzegovina. Clinton said her visit with Ashton in Sarajevo demonstrated the unity of the position of the United States and the EU in BiH.

The Secretary of State said: we believe that your country will enter the EU and NATO. This will give the youth perspective. Without a doubt that Bih will enter in the EU. Since my last visit to BiH in the year 2010, there has been some progress. Local elections (2012) have demonstrated the will of the people. They were fair. Are the rights of internally displaced persons. This is the key elements for Bih to become part of the EU and NATO. But Clinton noted that the obstacles that stood in front of Bosnia two years ago still exist. There are differences of views on the own country. Clinton assured that it with all the Big political leaders sought to find a common language to work for Bosnia and! Herzegovina. Political compromise is a difficult, but necessary. We hope that you will reach a compromise, to prove that you are the true and bold leaders, she said. I am well aware of the political history of the United States, that compromises are always hard, but they are absolutely essential, stressed Clinton.

According to the Secretary of State, it is unacceptable that after 17 years after the war, some questioned the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Dayton agreement must be respected and preserved, period. You need to make changes in mood and to overcome the narrow interests, Clinton said, stressing that the responsibility is not the United States, but the leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She said that any talk of secession are not allowed.

The head of American diplomacy stated that Bih must become a member of NATO and the EU, and this, she said, requires the support of all the people of Bosnia, adding that entry into the EU and NATO is the best way to ensure lasting stability and prosperity for the country. Clinton insists on increasing the membership plan (MAP) of Bosnia and Herzegovina to NATO. If by November, Bosnian leaders will be able to carry out the necessary reforms, in December, Clinton would ask the Ministers of NATO member countries to decide to include the country in the membership plan in Alliance.

With regard to the 1995 Dayton Agreement, according to Clinton, it ended the war. However, in the future, changes are needed in the Dayton Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is a direct admission that the Dayton agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina does not work fully.

EU High Representative Ashton said at a joint press conference, Clinton said that Sarajevo on the day of their visit, demonstrates the shared commitment to the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We want to see a stable and prosperous country, which is in European and transatlantic structures. We want to be clear. Your perspective in the EU is real and has the unanimous ! support, ! said Ashton. It called on the political leaders of the Big to do anything to the future has become a reality. This is something that the vast majority of people want. It is important to forget internal differences, political rivalries and vested interest, otherwise the country risks falling behind other States in the region that successfully move to comply with European Union standards, concluded Ashton.

Visit of the United States and EU high-ranking diplomats Sarajevo was included in their Balkan tour, after it became clear that the growing crisis in Bosnia threatens to destabilize the region. Two years later, after the parliamentary elections of 2010, in Bosnia there is still no working government cabinet. Citing unnamed sources in Brussels, the media in the Serb Banja Luka reported that due to the seriousness of the situation, the Messenger of the big EU mission Igor Davidovich was summoned last week to explain to the Cabinet. We can say that skleena the Dayton Agreement razbitaya chashka Bosnia and Herzegovina still could not find the integrity in the face of a single Executive. In this respect the European roadmap for Bih is not running. Rhetoric and Clinton and Ashton in Sarajevo was meant to stop the de facto separation of the unstable post-war Confederation. In exchange for the political unity of Bosnia and Herzegovina promised membership of NATO and the EU. As a tool to use in the near future to change the Dayton Constitution, which defined in 1995, the current state of three Confederate territorial ethnic communities in Bosnia. How would you try to change the Dayton under the brand of its local leaders of Serbs, Croats and Muslims will have for the near future.

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