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In relation to yesterday's statement of the Party for BiH and SDAon police reform, OHR/EUSR Director of Communications, Frane Maroevic said:

The proposed Police Reform Protocol is based on three-years' efforts by BiH and international officials and experts as well as all documents and positions that have been agreed so far. In additi [...]

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, today welcomed the signature of a visa facilitation agreement between the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but warned that that any progress towards visa-free travel for BiH citizens can only be possible after the conclusion of Stabilisation and Association Agree [...]

“The political elite of Bosnia and Herzegovina all say they want European integration, but there is an obvious lack of commitment to promote the European agenda and to search for common ground”, the High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák told the Political and Security Committee, one of the EU's key foreign policy bo [...]

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, and the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Olli Rehn, expressed disappointment that Bosnia and Herzegovina has still not met all requirements for signing a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union during a bilateral meeting in Brussels tod [...]

Reacting to statements made by Haris Silajdzic and Sulejman Tihic today the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajcak said: “I am deeply disappointed with statements made by SBiH and SDA leaders, Haris Silajdzic and Sulejman Tihic. By rejecting the draft proposal on police reform before all the major political leaders have [...]

The latest «last high representative» in an exclusive interview to the DANI speaks about police reform, constitutional reform, local political leaders, Croatian language TV channel…

The High Representative and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, and the Head of the EU Police Mission in BiH, Vincenzo Coppola, met in Sarajevo today to discuss ways to take police reform forward and open the door to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA).

A deal on police restructuring that was very nearly accepted by key leaders last month remains on the table and the opportunity that this presents for Bosnia and Herzegovina needs to be seized, the High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling said in a speech today.

Rejecting police reform is actually rejecting European integration, the Principal Deputy High Representative,Raffi Gregorian, wrote in an article that appeared in Euroblic today.

High Representative and EU Special Representative, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, met with the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Olli Rehn, this morning in Sarajevo to discuss the current political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the country’s prospects of signing a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union.