Lagumdzija: BiH, Serbian gov'ts should hold meeting asap

SARAJEVO - Bosnia-Herzegovina's (BiH) Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija expects that the first joint sitting of the BiH Council of Ministers and a new Serbian government will be held shortly after the formation of the government in Belgrade.

Lagumdzija, who is also deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers, extended congratulations in talks with Serbian Ambassador to BiH Stanimir Vukicevic for the recent successful electoral process in Serbia.

Lagumdzija and Vukicevic talked about visits of foreign ministers of EU member states who have been in Sarajevo on Thursday and Friday to discuss a new EU approach to BiH.

Lagumdzija underlined the need for a new approach, which will be based on the realization of BiH political goals along the path to the EU - the implementation of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the Sejdic-Finci case, which refers to the abolition of discrimination against national minorities in the electoral process, and establishment of an efficient mechanism for coordination with the EU.

In the EU's new approach to BiH, another prong is equally important as it should enable the implementation of fundamental economic and social reforms, the rule of law and systemic fight against corruption and organized crime, Lagumdzija noted.

He qualified as justified the demands of citizens who are voicing their discontent by protesting in the streets, the BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated.

Lagumdzija pointed to the importance of finding and identifying the remains of all victims of war crimes and the need for closer cooperation between the relevant prosecutors' offices of BiH and Serbia, in an effort to identify all victims of crimes, but also perpetrators that have to be...