BiH Foreign Minister and head of the SDP Zlatko Lagumdzija met yesterday with US Embassy Charge d’Affairs Nicholas Hill. During the meeting, Mr. Lagumdzija refuted accusations of corruption and mismanagement made by two US Embassy officials in a recent blog post.
The Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday flatly rejecting the accusations of corruption and of misuse of donor money.
It claimed that no foreign donor money had been “paid into the accounts of any institutions of the state or of the entities, so donor money coud not have been misused or used to fill budget holes”.
Lagumdzija told Hill that the claims were false, adding that donors should be more open about how donations were being distributed.
“Anyone serious, including Bosnian and American officials, has an obligation to publicly say, instead of making general assessments, which institutions or politicians – with their full names – have not acted transparently,” the Foreign Ministry stated.
