Remarks by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton following the Foreign Affairs Council

We also talked about what is happening in Bosnia Herzegovina right now. The first thing to say is the importance of ensuring that those who are protesting can do so peacefully and that any violence of any sort needs to stop. We have condemned already the violence that’s taken place.

The most important thing now is for the leadership in BiH to take note of what people are saying and to respond to these immediate concerns, but also to the broader concerns that people have on economic issues, high levels of unemployment, concerns of young people, and to deal with some of the political issues that have long been on our agenda. We have great hope, we aspire to great things for BiH. We really do hope that they will deal with these concerns now and move forward and we stand ready to help in any way possible.

Remarks: http://eeas.europa.eu/statements/docs/2014/140210_04_en.pdf