Intl administrator: Bosnian citizens want concrete solutions to their problems

Anadolija

The citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina want concrete solutions to their everyday problems and politicians should work on providing those solutions, the international administrator in Bosnia Valentin Inzko said in a videoconference with Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok on Monday.

“What citizens need and want are concrete solutions to their everyday problems. They yearn for political stability and positive perspectives,” stressed Inzko, Austrian diplomat acting as international community's High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“The politicians should work on providing those solutions, formulating plans, and promoting forward-looking agendas. Above all, strengthening the rule of law and creating a favourable legal framework for greater transparency of the public sector is something citizens would welcome,” he added.

The High Representative informed Minister Korcok about the current political and economic situation in Bosnia and Hercegovina, especially in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming local elections in November, the migrant situation and the current status of the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement.

High Representative thanked Minister Korcok for Slovakia’s support to the overall prosperity of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to the continuous efforts of Slovakia and the international community.

Inzko's office, the Office of the High Representative (OHR), was established in the mid-1990s to oversee the civilian part of the implementation of the aforementioned Dayton Agreement, which ended the 1992-95 Bosnian war and contains the country's constitution.

The final condition to have the OHR closed is positive assessment of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Peace Implementation Council, a body consisting of 55 countries and agencies that support the peace process in Bosnia.