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SARAJEVO, June 15 (FENA) - Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina Staša Košarac received today Turkish Ambassador to BiH Haldun Koc in Sarajevo and talked with him about cooperation in the field of trade, meat exports from BiH to Turkey and other ongoing issues.
The interlocutors expressed satisfaction with the good bilateral relations between BiH and Turkey and stressed the readiness to improve cooperation in the field of trade, stated the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH.
Speaking about the continuation of beef exports from BiH to Turkey, Minister Košarac informed Ambassador Koc about the agreed position with the competent entity ministers on the need for equal treatment of companies from the entity of Republika Srpska and the Federation of BiH, which have been certified by the competent inspection bodies of BiH and Turkey.
Minister Košarac emphasized that the current practice of unilateral positioning of companies from the Federation of BiH is unacceptable, and that companies from the RS must be included in the process of meat exports to Turkey, since there is capacity and need for that due to realized primary production surpluses. He pointed out that companies from all over BiH, which are certified to export meat to Turkey, must buy out domestic production.
“We are aware of the fact that due to reduced meat exports, the accumulation of domestic production has increased. That is why I asked Ambassador Koc to increase the imports quota of 3,000 tons by a minimum of an additional 2,000 tons for 2020, which would make the open imports quota 5,000 tons. This would secure greater trade, as well as the buyout of domestic production,” said Košarac.
Minister Košarac and Ambassador Koc agreed that after the resumption of regular flights between BiH and Turkey, the BiH Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations will host a working meeting of representatives of the Turkish Embassy in BiH, relevant entity ministries and representatives of certified meat export companies from BiH to Turkey in order to reach a final agreement and improve this process.
Today's meeting was also a chance to discuss the organization of a bilateral trade committee between BiH and Turkey.
In this regard, it was tentatively agreed that the meeting would be held in mid-July in Turkey, and it was pointed out that it would be an opportunity to discuss possible open issues in the field of trade between the two countries.
When it comes to the organization of the trilateral committee BiH - Serbia - Turkey, the interlocutors stated that the meeting is to be postponed until the end of the elections in Serbia.
(FENA) S. R.
