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Bosnia starts pre – membership EU talks
04.12.2007, 12:47
As published on the EUobserver.com, Bosnia and Herzegovina is due on Tuesday to initial an agreement seen as the first step towards the EU membership talks. BiH is the final Western Balkan country to fully set off on the European path.‘’I have decided to initial the Stabilisation and Association agreement (SAA) with Bosnia and Herzegovina tomorrow," EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn said on Monday (3 December) in Sarajevo. His announcement came after the Serb, Bosniak and Croat leaders agreed on the integration of the country's police forces - one of Brussels' conditions for moving ahead with its EU plans.
"I am very pleased that I did not come in vain since leaders of the country have convinced me of their commitment to finish the job concerning police reform," Mr Rehn said.
The country has a bright future on its road towards the EU which is supporting such economic and democratic reforms that the citizens of this country deserve," he added.
The integration of police forces is required as a way to tackle organised crime. Currently, all three major nationalities in BiH have their own separate police.