08/24/2005 OHR Mostar

OHR’s Statement at the International Agencies’ Joint Press Conference in Mostar

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PDHR to Visit Mostar & Trebinje

The Principal Deputy High Representative, Larry Butler, will pay a two-day visit to Herzegovina on Thursday 25 August and Friday 26 August. Ambassador Butler will be briefed by Cantonal and Municipal officials on steps that have been launched with a view to improving the quality of administration in the region and improving the business environment. He will also hold talks with regional entrepreneurs and with judges from newly formed Commercial Chambers in the region. The focus of these talks will be on removing roadblocks to inward investment and improving the prospects for business expansion and job creation in BiH.

At the beginning of his visit Ambassador Butler will meet the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Prime Minister Miroslav Coric and the Cantonal Ministers of Economy and Justice.

Ambassador Butler will visit Mostar city officials at the City Administration. Among the topics under discussion will be the progress being made in unifying the city’s administration.

Later in the day Ambassador Butler will visit the Commercial Chamber of the Municipal Court in Mostar, after which he will meet entrepreneurs from the region to talk about the challenges they face.

On Friday 26 August, Ambassador Butler will meet the mayors of Eastern Herzegovina. Top of the agenda will be a discussion of the urgent need to improve the business environment so as to attract investment and create jobs.