Chairwoman Krišto with Lord Stuart Peach

Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers of BIH Borjana Krišto met in London with Lord Stuart Peach, Special Envoy of the UK Prime Minister for Western Balkans. 

Chairwoman Krišto said she is pleased for meeting him again, after Lord Stuart Peach paid his first visit to BIH in December 2021, when he met with the Collegiums of both Chambers of the BIH Parliamentarian Assembly, a member of which Chairwoman Krišto was at that time.

She thanked to Peach for significant support and assistance the Great Britain, as a friendly country, has extending to BIH, and she expressed her confidence that the kind of support will continue in the future.

The meeting noted good and friendly relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Kingdom, and stressed a continuous and intensive political dialogue and a meaningful cooperation in numerous areas.

Chairwoman Krišto welcomed a strong political, economic and security policy of the United Kingdom towards Bosnia and Herzegovina. An important intention of the UK is to increase investments to infrastructure in the Western Balkans, by way of British investment arrangements. In a long term prospective, development of the BIH-UK relations rests with strengthening of economic cooperation, primarily though attraction of the UK investments, as well as through transfer of knowledge and technology.

Lord Stuart stressed that the Great Britain is strongly committed to the European security, adding that the importance of peace and stability in BIH and the region is a matter of priority for all.

Chairwoman Krišto said that in the first 100 days of the incumbent Council of Ministers, important steps were made, so the commitment of the Council of Ministers to the European integrations processes is unquestionable. Through a continued and intensified dialogue, internal developments got partially stabilised in BIH, which enabled a record quick setting-up of the state level authorities, and at the Federation of BIH level, it happened just few days ago. She also noted that limited amendments of the BIH Constitution, and thorough amendment of the Election Law should take place as a priority, within six month time at latest, in order to secure constitutional equality of all three constitutive people. She added that prior implementation of the BIH Constitutional Court awards should take place as to legitimate representation at all administrative-political levels, in addition to the implementation of all the European Court for Human Rights awards. (end)