6 minutes agoBosnia Expects EU Candidate Status
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(4 years ago)The European Union ministers approved on Tuesday the granting of Bosnia and Herzegovina's status as a candidate to join the bloc. The decision must be approved by the leaders of the 27 EU members, who will gather in Brussels for a summit Thursday, Euronews writes. This sends a strong signal to the region [...]
The decision must be approved by the leaders of the 27 EU members, who will gather in Brussels for a summit Thursday, Euronews writes.
This sends a strong signal to the Western Balkan region and, above all, to the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina”, Austrian EU Minister Caroline Edtstadler wrote on Twitter.
Bisara Turkobiq, deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers and Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Affairs Minister, described the decision as a <x0-> major, historic movement towards EU membership”.
The “is also a recognition of the great effort that has been invested in meeting the conditions, but to a large extent, also in the struggle to present the truth about the situation in BiH to EU countries and to prevent all efforts to jeopardise the progress achieved by a mere”.
“For the state this means opening new channels of co-operation with the EU, new financial funds and investment”, she said.
