SARAJEVO, April 18 (Hina) - NATO Secretary-General George Robertson on Thursday estimated that Bosnia-Herzegovina still did not satisfy provisions to access NATO's "Partnership for Peace" programme but at the same time called on the
government of that country to continue implementing reforms that would lead to realising that objective.
SARAJEVO, April 18 (Hina) - NATO Secretary-General George
Robertson on Thursday estimated that Bosnia-Herzegovina still did
not satisfy provisions to access NATO's "Partnership for Peace"
programme but at the same time called on the government of that
country to continue implementing reforms that would lead to
realising that objective.#L#
"B-H is still not ready for the 'Partnership for Peace' but they are
working on it, Robertson said in Sarajevo following a meeting with
members of the country's presidency.
NATO's Secretary-General is currently on a two-day trip to Bosnia
where he arrived together with the ambassadors of nineteen country
members of the Permanent Council of the North Atlantic Alliance
(NAC) with the aim of motivating local authorities to further
restructuring of military forces in that country and to decrease
expenditure for the military.
Robertson said that Bosnia was expected to set up a unique command
and supervision over all armed forces in that country as soon as
possible and which has not existed until now.
"One commander will represent the step that Bosnia needs to make to
come closer to standards that are valued in any normal country,"
Robertson said alluding to the fact that the entity army within
Bosnia virtually acts as an enemy armed formation without any joint
co-ordination or supervision.
He confirmed that NATO would remain in Bosnia until permanent
stability is attained in the country.
Robertson announced that NATO will continue to arrest war crime
suspects including Radovan Karadzic.
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