SARAJEVO, 24 July (Hina) - Members of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia- Herzegovina, who in the past two days attended a donors' conference in Brussels, on Thursday expressed satisfaction with the results of the conference. One
billion and 84 million U.S. dollars were promised for reconstruction projects, which is 300 million dollars less than the Bosnian delegation expected. "We cannot be dissatisfied with the results if we know that the conference was postponed several times and that, of course, there are other problems in the world which call for the attention of the international community as well as for its financial support," said a Council co-chairman Haris Silajdzic.
SARAJEVO, 24 July (Hina) - Members of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-
Herzegovina, who in the past two days attended a donors' conference in +
Brussels, on
Thursday expressed satisfaction with the results of the conference.
One billion and 84 million U.S. dollars were promised for reconstruction
projects, which is 300 million dollars less than the Bosnian delegation +
expected.
"We cannot be dissatisfied with the results if we know that the conference was
postponed several times and that, of course, there are other problems in the +
world
which call for the attention of the international community as well as for its +
financial
support," said a Council co-chairman Haris Silajdzic. #L#
According to Silajdzic, the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Republika
Srpska would share the money in the proportion of 70:30, but the division of +
assets
would depend primarily on the implementation of the Dayton agreement.
"The international community is determined to implement the Dayton agreement
and it is certain that those in Bosnia-Herzegovina who implement the peace +
agreement
will be able to count on those assets," Silajdzic said.
The Bosnian Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlic said that one could be satisfied
with the results of the conference.
The Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Hasan Muratovic,
expressed disappointment with the low interest of Islamic countries in giving +
financial
assistance to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The Islamic countries decided only to donate some 60 million dollars, and a
larger portion of that money are actually loans, with favourable terms though,
Muratovic added.
Neven Tomic, Vice President of the Council of Ministers, said that the +
Council,
in cooperation with both entities' governments, should start the realisation of+
the
offered reconstruction programs as soon as possible.
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