Chairwoman Krišto Talks with Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates

Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of BIH Borjana Krišto talked in Sarajevo with Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates for BIH Nabil Abdelaziz Nasi Saedd Al Shamsi on bilateral relations, assessed them as very good, friendly and without outstanding issues. 

It was concluded that negotiations were started for conclusion of a number of bilateral agreements, noting that the Agreement on Economic, Trade and Technical Cooperation between BIH and UAE is in the process of negotiation. The meeting pointed at possibilities for promotion of economic relations, primarily in the area of civil construction, agroindustry, including metal, special purpose and wood industry, where our entrepreneurs might be competitive at the UAE market.

The meeting exchanged views on liberalisation of visa regime, and pointed at a need for urgent enabling non-visa regime for citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina for their travel to the UAE, since the Council of Ministers of BIH had earlier took decision to lift visa regime for the UAE citizens traveling to BIH. They also discussed possibilities for the UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina on the occasion of the planned opening of the UAE General Consulate office in Sarajevo.

Chairwoman Krišto briefed Ambassador Al Shamsi of activities of the Council of Ministers, focused at fulfilling 14 priority condition set by the European Union. (end)