EU Presidency Statement on the new High Representative and EU Special Representative in BiH, Ambassador Miroslav Lajčák
The EU Presidency welcomes the new High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajčák, who is taking up his office today, July 2nd.
The EU Presidency is confident that Ambassador Miroslav Lajčák´s wide experience and great knowledge of the Western Balkans region give him the qualifications necessary for carrying out his new tasks with success.
The EU Presidency gives its full support to Ambassador Miroslav Lajčák in his efforts to engage strongly with the local political forces with a view to an improvement of the political climate in order to unblock the reform agenda, in particular police reform. In this respect, concrete and irreversible progress is required to advance towards the conclusion of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement, bringing Bosnia and Herzegovina closer to the European Union. Those efforts will also be needed to achieve progress on constitutional reform to develop stable, efficient and self-sustainable state structures that are better able to meet European Standards.
The EU Presidency looks forward to a close cooperation with Ambassador Miroslav Lajčák and wishes him every success in accomplishing his demanding assignment, given the important challenges that are still ahead in Bosnia and Herzegovina.