Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy discussed recent developments on the police reform in
He recalled that the basic principles on which a comprehensive political agreement with the EU should be based, namely: securing exclusive state-level competencies; removing political interference from policing and ensuring that police regions are determined on the basis of technical and professional criteria.
He reiterated that these principles are non-negotiable and are not going to change. All parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina should to focus on trying to define an agreement by mid-September in order to pave the way for the launching of negotiations on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement by the end of this year.