The leaders of the Croat parties HDZ BiH and HDZ 1990, the predominantly Bosniak Democratic Action Party (SDA) and Social Democratic Party (SDP), and two major Serb parties, the SNSD and the SDS, told a news conference in the Bosnian capital that they had made headway in harmonising views on four state-level topics which should facilitate the country's efforts to draw closer to the European Union and NATO.
There was no progress on the make-up of a future governing coalition, and progress was made only in talks on legislation on the population census, the state aid system and the status of property of the former Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina which should be transferred to the current Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The political leaders agreed on forming a parliamentary commission for drawing up constitutional changes in order to eliminate discrimination against ethnic minorities in the election legislation.
The next round of inter-party negotiations is scheduled for 26 September.