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SARAJEVO, October 5 (FENA) - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is raising 500,000 euros for Bosnia and Herzegovina's fight against COVID 19, the BiH Ministry of Defense said today.
Representatives of the Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the NATO Headquarters in Brussels, headed by BiH Ambassador to NATO Mitar Kujundžić, are holding intensive meetings with relevant NATO representatives on the BiH Reform Program and the Planning and Audit Process (PARP).
At a recent meeting in Brussels, attended by NATO Assistant Secretary-General for Operations, John Manza, Director of Defense Institutions and Capacity Building Marc Di Paolo and NATO Liasion Officer for BiH at NATO Headquarters, Rohan Maxwell, the BiH Mission has been informed that a COVID-19 pandemic foundation for BiH has been established within NATO, in the amount of EUR 500,000. The activation of these funds for BiH is expected soon.
Regarding the new "one partner-one plan" approach, Manza stressed that there would be no changes for BiH. As it has been until now, BiH-NATO relations would be based on the BiH Reform Program as an umbrella strategic-political document that will be directly linked to PARP and the programs that derive directly from it.
Representatives of the BiH Mission to NATO also spoke with NATO Assistant Secretary-General Bettina Cadenbach. She showed a special interest in the forming of the Committee for the NATO integration process of BiH.
She stressed the importance of providing information on the level of implementation of the BiH Reform Program for 2020 as soon as possible. In this context, Cadenbach was particularly interested to learn when Bosnia and Herzegovina could submit the next program for 2021.
(FENA) S. R.
