MOSTAR, Nov 3 (Hina) - The enlargement of the European Union will notbe completed until western Balkan countries join the bloc, the head ofthe Delegation of the European Commission to Bosnia-Herzegovina,Michael Humphreys, said in the
southern town of Mostar on Wednesdayduring the sixth inter-parliamentary session of a joint commission ofboth houses of the Bosnian parliament and a delegation of the EuropeanParliament for relations with Bosnia, Albania and Serbia andMontenegro.
MOSTAR, Nov 3 (Hina) - The enlargement of the European Union will not
be completed until western Balkan countries join the bloc, the head of the
Delegation of the European Commission to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Michael Humphreys,
said in the southern town of Mostar on Wednesday during the sixth
inter-parliamentary session of a joint commission of both houses of the Bosnian
parliament and a delegation of the European Parliament for relations with
Bosnia, Albania and Serbia and Montenegro.Humphreys called on the Bosnian parliament to hold more discussions on
European integration processes.
Doris Pack, who is at the helm of the European Parliament delegation,
said at the start of the Mostar session that the situation in the city was
still delicate because of the still existing divisions. Citing Slovenia as an
example of a country from Southeast Europe which became an EU member and
commenting on Croatia's progress on the path to EU membership, pack said
Croatia would launch EU entry talks next year.
At the closed part of the session, Bosnian deputies and their European
counterparts will talk about the political situation in Bosnia, changes to the
Bosnian Constitution and the role of the international community's High
Representative in Bosnia, an official statement said.