France’s ambassador to BiH, Roland Gilles, told press recently that EU foreign ministers will discuss Europe’s new approach to BiH in a major conference in Brussels later this month.
Gilles said the recent political gridlock, which ensued after no solution was found for the implementation of the Sejdić-Finci ruling and after no agreement was reached on a coordination mechanism for EU related matters, prompted the EU to create another approach to BiH.
France does not think that the EU should lower the criteria that BiH should meet, Gilles said, emphasising that the reforms that BiH needs will not be skipped.
The ambassador recalled that the last meeting of the EU technical sub-committee had been delayed because Bosnia and Herzegovina had not reached an agreement yet by which it would speak to the EU with one voice.
