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Member states of the European Union completed the reform of their police forces, and therefore we ask of BiH to do the same, said Wilfred Martens, PRC Chair. He added that RS authorities should not have any fears that this Entity would be abolished by police reform.

The decision by the European Commission’s Consultative Task Force not to give a green light to the launch of Stabilisation and Association negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina is a disappointing but expected result, given the failure of the multi-party talks of police restructuring early this week.

Negotiations on police reform have collapsed. Whether they will continue will be decided by the RSNA delegates, who need to give a mandate to their politicians to bring this very important process to a conclusion. In his interview for “Dnevni avaz” Paddy Ashdown expresses his hopes that this will be done. He says that Serb leaders have told him the [...]

As you know the subject of our press conference I need hardly tell you is police reform. As you know the multi-party talks on police restructuring failed last night. Before I say anything let me say that this isn't the end, necessarily. The position is serious, but recoverable. But it is the end for the moment and unless there is a change of view [...]

The negotiations between the eleven political party leaders broke down late this evening because the RS political party leaders could not at this stage accept an agreement on police restructuring according to the EU’s three principals.

PRC Chair Wilfred Martens denies BiH police experts' claims that stronger political control over police will be imposed through Police Board.
Participants at the Vlasic meeting agreed that this Board's tasks would be budget planning for the police and participation in appointment of management. For people from the police this is enough to be [...]

The representatives of BiH’s main political parties will meet today to continue the talks that began so promisingly at Vlasic two weeks ago. If these talks succeed, then one of the handful of remaining obstacles will be removed and BiH – as early as this month! – could receive the green light to begin Stabilization and Association Agreement negotia [...]

EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Affairs, Javier Solana, is a well known friend of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This politician with remarkable working experience gained in his homeland, Spain and in NATO and EU structures is an expert in the reform process which BiH must undertake in order to move closer to Euro-Atlantic structures.

I am pleased with the constructive meeting we had today with parliamentarian representatives from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Reports from the press that the SDS main board is going back on the agreement made by their own negotiators at meetings at Mount Vlasic on police restructuring are disturbing.
If true, the consequences would be disastrous for the RS and for BiH as a whole. It would mean that the SDS has decided to destroy its chances of moving forward to mod [...]