ZAGREB, 5 January, 2022 - It is in Croatia's interest for Bosnia and Herzegovina to join the European Union because that is the best solution for a stable and functional Bosnia and Herzegovina and all of its peoples and citizens, Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman said in Vitez on Tuesday.
The Croatian minister of foreign and European affairs is on a two-day official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and on the first day he visited Vitez, where he met with Croatian officials from central Bosnia.
After the meeting, he told reporters that the goal was to analyse the needs of Croats from that part of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the ways in which Croatia could help them. He said that the main message was that Croatia could significantly help to make Bosnia and Herzegovina's real problems understood at the international level.
We come here with a message of respect for a single and sovereign Bosnia and Herzegovina and for international law, and we are against any form of discrimination, against separatism and of course against growing unitarism. Therefore, it is important to ensure the political equality of constituent peoples and all citizens, said Grlić Radman, calling on political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina to work on reaching an agreement on amendments to the election law and on the implementation of all other necessary reforms.
The president of the Federation entity, Marinko Čavara, said that it was important that Croatia help Bosnia and Herzegovina on its journey towards the EU and NATO, as well as in addressing issues important for Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It is very important that Croatia help that Croats in central Bosnia have the status of a political people in all state bodies, said Čavara.
