The meeting concluded that relations between the two countries are good, friendly and without outstanding issues, Chairwoman Krišto expressed her gratitude to the Federal Republic of Germany for a continuous support to your country, adding that at this moment we need further and strong political support of the EU, to enable fulfilment of obligations and soon opening of accession talks. Sarrazin said Germany considers the place of Bosnia and Herzegovina is in the EU, therefore it should not lag behind countries of the region. He added that the FR Germany supports the European integrations process, and holds it important to improve rule of law, democracy and economic development, precisely to accelerate implementation of necessary reforms in BIH.

Chairwoman Krišto said the Council of Ministers of BIH remains dedicated to the European integrations and works diligently on fulfilment of 8+1  i.e. 14 key priorities from the European Commission Opinion. She reiterated dedication of the Council of Ministers of BIH to the European road, adding that under the current dynamics of work, she shares a justifiable optimism that Bosnia and Herzegovina may open negotiations on membership by the end of 2023. She said that BIH invests considerable efforts to harmonise its foreign policy with the Joint foreign and security policy of the EU.

Chairwoman Krišto noted that support of friendly Germany, as well as of all other friends in the EU, is very important in stabilisation of political developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but permanent peace and stability should be built form inside, through agreement by legitimate political representatives of people at all administrative-political levels. She underlined that BIH progressing depends largely of strengthening and improvement of mutual confidence, internal dialogue and consensus, especially about the most important internal policy issues concerning implementation of the BIH Constitutional Court decision and awards  by the European Court for Human Rights, which requires limited constitutional reforms and amendments of the Election Law of BIH. (end)