BiH CoM Chair at Prespa Forum: We need to work for ourselves, not just for EU – N1

Council of Ministers Chairman Zoran Tegeltija said at a conference on the Western Balkans in Ohrid, Macedonia, that although BiH political forces and citizens support EU membership, it seems that the EU does not fully understand some challenges BiH had to overcome so far and is introducing criteria and conditions that have not been introduced to potential candidates in the past.

He argued that the vast majority of BiH citizens, regardless of their ethnic background, are in favour of EU integration and that the country is prepared to implement reforms towards this goal “not for the sake of Europe, but for our own sake.”

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