Bosnia and Herzegovina will hopefully obtain the European Union candidate status this year, which would irretrievably direct the country towards the Union, Bosnia's Foreign Minister Igor Crnadak said Thursday in Vienna, in a meeting with the Western Balkan ministers in charge of the European integration and affairs.

Crnadak is attending the meeting which is hosted by the Austrian Minister for the EU, Art, Culture and Media.

Everyone in Bosnia supports the country's European road and completion of the answers to the European Commission's Questionnaire, as a part of the regular procedure in acquiring the candidate status, proves that.

Bosnia's minister also said it would be a lot better if official Brussels was more efficient in convincing the Pristina authorities to revoke the 100 percent import tariffs that they had introduced last year for the goods from Bosnia and Serbia.

Crnadak urged the European Union to be more present in Bosnia and the region in order to reaffirm the European spirit and assure the people of Bosnia of advantages and benefits they would have from the EU membership.

Speaking of the upcoming election in the European Union, Bosnia's foreign minister said he hoped the idea of united, economically stronger and just Union will remain dominant and that the new Commission will among its priorities put the enlargement in the Western Balkans.