Michael Leigh, Director General of the European Commission

Michael Leigh, Director General of the European Commission Directorate General for Enlargement will be visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina on 4 and 5 June 2008. During his visit, Mr Leigh will inaugurate the new premises of the European Commission Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina and meet with representatives of BiH authorities to discuss the latest developments in the BiH/EU relations and the country’s preparations for the implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.

On the second day of his visit, Mr Leigh will address the audience at the EUPM organised Seminar on Police reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Security Sector Reform and the Stabilisation and Association Process and meet representatives of the NGO sector in BiH in a Civil Society Conference organised by the European Commission Delegation.

Photo opportunities for media:

Wednesday, 4 June 2008

14:30 – 15:15                   Meeting with Mr Haris Silajdzic, Mr Nebojsa Radmanovic and Mr Zeljko Komsic, Members of BiH Presidency

15:30 – 16:40                   Official opening of the new European Commission Delegation premises

17:00 – 17:45                   Meeting with Mr Nikola Spiric, Chairman of BiH Council of Ministers, and Mr Osman Topcagic, Director of BiH Directorate for European Integration

Thursday, 5 June 2008

09:00 – 10:15                   EUPM seminar: Security Sector reform and the Stabilisation and Association Process ( Holiday Inn Hotel)

10:30 – 11:45                   Civil Society conference (European Commission Delegation, Skenderija 3)                                             

12:00 – 12:40                   Meeting with Mr Sven Alkalaj, BiH Minister of Foreign Affairs

All media representatives are cordially invited to attend the press conference which will take place on Thursday, 5 June 2008, at 13.00 hrs, at the premises of the European Commission Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Skenderija 3a.

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