OHR’s Statement at the International Agencies’ Joint Press Conference in Banja Luka

HR to Visit
Moscow
,

Berlin
and

Brussels

, Lobby for Visa
Facilitation, More Investment
 


The High Representative, Christian
Schwarz-Schilling, will this afternoon leave for
Moscow on the first leg of a six-day
trip during which he will meet senior officials in

Moscow ,

Berlin and

Brussels

. These meetings
are part of the High Representative’s continuing effort to lobby European
and PIC capitals on BiH’s behalf.


In

Moscow

tomorrow the High
Representative will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov. Discussion will focus on BiH’s progress to full
statehood, and the OHR’s transition to an EUSR Office planned to take place by
the end of June next year. The  talks will also cover the progress
that has already been made and that still needs to be made on key reforms
required for the completion of BiH’s SAA negotiations with the EC
and  on co-operation with the ICTY.


We expect to be able
to provide more information on the details of this meeting
tomorrow.


In

Berlin on Monday the
High Representative will meet German State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg and
on Tuesday he will meet Interior Minister Wolfgang
Schaeuble. Issues including visa facilitation and further efforts that can be made to
attract international investment in order to create jobs in BiH will be among
the topics of these meetings.  


On Wednesday the High Representative
will be in

Brussels

for a meeting
with Javier Solana. The two will discuss issues related to the political and
administrative aspects of OHR’s transition into an EUSR
Office.


We will, of course,
be providing more details about the

Berlin
and

Brussels

legs of this trip early
next week.

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