Ending a long deadlock, the leaders of the Bosniak, Serb, and Croat political parties that won the October 2018 election agreed Monday to a set of principles according to which the BiH Council of Ministers will be formed within 30 days.
[Serb Member of the Presidency Milorad] Dodik explained that the reason for the deadlock was the demand by the SDA to send the Annual National Programme (ANP) to NATO, a step toward the country becoming a member of the alliance.
Bosnia’s path toward EU membership remains an unquestionable commitment, he added.
“With a new Council of Ministers we get a new dynamic where we will work on Bosnia getting the candidate status for the EU,” Dodik said.
The signatories also agreed that the international High Representative installed after BiH’s 1992-95 war must be abolished.
Regarding NATO, the agreement includes a “commitment for advancing the relationship with NATO without predicting future decisions in relation to membership of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
