Spokesman for High Representative Christian Schwartz Schilling said in Brussels on Monday that "it looks like that there is a consensus to extend the mandate by another year".
The incumbent High Representative, Schwartz Schilling, said there were still not conditions to close down of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), adding he would propose to to PIC member states to postpone the closing down of the OHR by at least a year.
The High Representative for the European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, said on today that the EU would adopt a decision on Tuesday about the reduction of its forces (EUFOR) in Bosnia from 6,000 to 2,500 soldiers.