The conference in Sarajevo is focused on the situation in Bosnia and the country's prospects to join Euro-Atlantic associations.
The Balkan Political Club was set up in 2001 and it gathers former presidents and prime ministers of Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Moldova, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro and former government officials and scientists from Slovenia, Croatia and Greece.
Former Turkish president Suleiman Demirel said at the conference that in the past nationalism ha without a doubt represented the greatest threat to peace and stability in Southeast Europe, adding that Bosnia was an example of that.
Bosnian Foreign Minister Mladen Ivancic said that the overall situation in the region would seth the path that each Balkan country would take individually.
Former High Representative in Bosnia Wolfgang Petritsch spoke about his experience during two and a half years in Sarajevo, stressing that Bosnia's experience was important for the entire international community.
US Ambassador to Sarajevo Douglas McElhany used his speech to once again express disappointment with Bosnia's failure to adopt constitutional amendments.
The event in Sarajevo was also attended by prominent members of the Party for Bosnia-Herzegovina who objected the adoption of the constitutional amendments.