The EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajčák, met with Javier Solana, the EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, in Brussels today to discuss the current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and review areas in which Bosnia and Herzegovina needs to make urgent progress.

Lajčák and Solana expressed concern at the political stagnation evident in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the last few months. “Bosnia and Herzegovina will fall further behind its neighbours and all its citizens will be losers, unless political leaders can overcome their differences and forge compromises,” Lajčák warned.

Solana conveyed the message that BiH needs to focus on its European priorities and the EU expects that this focus should be visibly reflected in the work of the Council of Ministers, Governments and Parliaments.

During his visit to Brussels, Ambassador Lajčák further participated in a conference that brought together all eleven EU Special Representatives appointed by the Council of the European Union in different regions of the world.