HR to Visit
Moscow
Berlin
Brussels
Facilitation, More Investment
The High Representative, Christian
Schwarz-Schilling, will this afternoon leave for
trip during which he will meet senior officials in
Moscow ,
Berlin and
Brussels
. These meetings
are part of the High Representative’s continuing effort to lobby European
and PIC capitals on BiH’s behalf.
In
Moscow
tomorrow the High
Representative will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov. Discussion will focus on BiH’s progress to full
statehood, and the OHR’s transition to an EUSR Office planned to take place by
the end of June next year. The talks will also cover the progress
that has already been made and that still needs to be made on key reforms
required for the completion of BiH’s SAA negotiations with the EC
and on co-operation with the ICTY.
We expect to be able
to provide more information on the details of this meeting
tomorrow.
In
Berlin on Monday the
High Representative will meet German State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg and
on Tuesday he will meet Interior Minister Wolfgang
Schaeuble. Issues including visa facilitation and further efforts that can be made to
attract international investment in order to create jobs in BiH will be among
the topics of these meetings.
On Wednesday the High Representative
will be in
Brussels
for a meeting
with Javier Solana. The two will discuss issues related to the political and
administrative aspects of OHR’s transition into an EUSR
Office.
We will, of course,
be providing more details about the
Berlin
Brussels
next week.