SARAJEVO, June 1 (Hina) - Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia on Friday signed an agreement on the protection against natural disasters. The signing of the deal was a concrete result of a session which the Inter-State Council for
Cooperation between Croatia and Bosnia held in Sarajevo on Friday.
SARAJEVO, June 1 (Hina) - Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia on Friday
signed an agreement on the protection against natural disasters.
The signing of the deal was a concrete result of a session which the
Inter-State Council for Cooperation between Croatia and Bosnia
held in Sarajevo on Friday.#L#
Participants in the session said they had agreed on a series of
other measures which would lead to the permanent improvement of the
ties between the two countries.
Croatia's President Stjepan Mesic, who was on a two-day official
visit to Bosnia, took part in the Council's session.
The implementation of the agreement, signed by the Croatian foreign
minister, Tonino Picula, and the Bosnian minister of civilian
affairs ad communications, Svetozar Mihajlovic, will help more
effective fight against wild-fires at the Adriatic coast and nearby
border areas between the two countries, for instance.
Although there were announcements that during its fourth session
the Council might conclude some other bilateral treaties, this time
other deals remained within the sphere of discussions and the
exchange of opinions.
Bosnia's three-man Presidency's chairman, Zivko Radisic, however,
described the Sarajevo meeting as exceptionally important and
successful.
"This was a very constructive session," Radisic told reporters,
adding that concrete talks had been conducted on a series of open
issues. In this context he mentioned that they had tackled property
and legal relations, dual citizenship, liberalisation of the
regime for crossing borders, fight against organised crime and
joint infrastructure projects, which could be implemented within
the Stability Pact for South East Europe.
"We set short time terms for the settlement of these issues,"
Radisic said adding that it would be possible for the Inter-State
Council to be in session more frequently than before as to find the
concrete solutions to the said problems.
President Mesic said all the parties would insist on meeting the set
deadlines.
"I personally expect a speedier process in the resolution of
problems we are faced with," the Croatian President said.
He told reporters that the economic cooperation could be an
important driving force for bids to settle the issues.
"What we need to do is to modernise our railway lines and roads, and
those projects will serve the progress both of Croatia and Bosnia,"
he said.
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