PDHR meets Irish Ambassador to BiH

Principal Deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian met today with the Ambassador of Ireland to BiH Patrick A. McCabe. During the meeting PDHR Gregorian briefed Ambassador McCabe on progress in the reform processes and the situation in BiH following the PIC and the signing of a Stabilization and Accession Agreement with the EU. Ambassador McCabe confirmed that the Government of Ireland continues to fully support the European perspective of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other countries in the Western Balkan region, and hopes that BiH will fulfill the necessary conditions for achieving that perspective as soon as possible.

Ambassador McCabe stressed that the European Union does not accept or practice an approach in European integration which involves sub-state elements. Only States negotiate with the EU, and there can be no ambiguity over the single address that Brussels needs in the process of EU integration.