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Pendeš meets with delegation of EP Subcommittee on Security and Defense

FENA Press release

SARAJEVO, April 4 (FENA) - BiH Minister of Defense Marina Pendeš and her associates today received a delegation from the European Parliament headed by the chair of the EP Subcommittee on Security and Defense (SEDE) Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, with whom she discussed the process of accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union, the NATO membership perspective of BiH, the BiH defense sector reform as well as activities in the demining process.

“During a two-day visit to BiH parliamentary and executive authorities, the European parliamentarians will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the achievements that open up greater opportunities for us joining the Euro-Atlantic family,” she said.

Also, Minister Pendeš underlined the strong stance of the BiH Ministry of Defense expressed through strategic documents - BiH Defense Law, BiH Security Policy, Defense Policy, BiH Foreign Policy Strategy, which was adopted by the BiH Presidency, in which NATO and EU membership are recognized as the primary foreign policy objectives for the European Union. In this regard, she stressed the importance of activating the NATO Membership Action Plan and gaining candidate status for EU membership.

Also, the delegation of the European Parliament is aware of the progress achieved in BiH and with concrete results regarding the registration of military sites and the implementation of the Defense Review and the mission and tasks of the BiH Armed Forces, as well as projects of bilateral, regional and wider international defense and security cooperation, the BiH Ministry of Defense's PR Office said.

(FENA)
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