Busek visited Sarajevo on Wednesday and discussed Bosnia's accession to the Central European Free Trade Agreement with the international community's chief deputy high representative, Larry Butler, and Prime Minister Adnan Terzic.
Busek announced that the Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian prime ministers would meet in Salzburg on August 1, with the Stability Pact's mediation, and that by that time Bosnia should prepare solutions for overcoming the difficulties following the suspension of parts of the aforementioned bilateral agreements, notably regarding agriculture.
Busek said the deadline to prepare the solutions was short and there was danger of Bosnia not joining CEFTA, but added the Stability Pact would do everything in its power to prevent that from happening.
Busek said that negotiations for the accession of new CEFTA candidates were expected to be completed by September. He added CEFTA membership was important because it would provide a training ground for countries aspiring to join the European Union.
Busek announced that a special commission would be set up within the Stability Pact in 2008 to encourage cooperation in Southeast Europe.
Deputy high representative Butler said he and Busek discussed the possibility of Sarajevo becoming the headquarters of a reformed Stability Pact.