Published Date:
10 October 2009
By AIDA CERKEZ-ROBINSON
EUROPEAN and US officials were talking with leaders in Bosnia yesterday with the aim of putting the country on a faster track to EU and Nato membership.
In a sign that Bosnians were taking the meeting very seriously, they dubbed it "Dayton 2" – a reference to the US-brokered 1995 peace negotiations in Ohio that ended a war between Muslim Bosnians, Christian Orthodox Serbs and Catholic Croats. The EU and US have long been worried over ethnic tensions in Bosnia and the slow pace of reforms since then.
Yesterday's talks were aimed at outlining a plan on how to overcome a stalemate that keeps Bosnia behind other regional countries seeking to join the 27-nation blocs.
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt and US deputy secretary of State Jim Steinberg presented a joint EU-US proposal to the leaders of Bosnia's main parties at a military base near Sarajevo.
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Last Updated:
09 October 2009 9:41 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
