Karen Pierce, one of the most experienced diplomatics of the United Kingdom appointed by the United Kingdom’s Special Envoy for the Western Balkans in February this year by taking that duty from Lord Peach.
Pierce began visiting talks with the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, during which emphasized the united kingdom of the stability and security of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
– I am honored to be appointed the United Kingdom’s Special Envoy for the Western Balkans, a region that has special personal significance for me, as well as a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina at the very beginning of my term. The United Kingdom remains fully committed to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I visits Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of the political crisis. It is important to underline that Bosnia and Herzegovina has institutions and mechanisms to respond to this crisis. The early domestic solution will enable further progress on the path to this country towards the European Union. From our side, the United Kingdom will continue to support Bosnia and Herzegovina in the fulfillment of its Euro-Atlantic aspirations, “Pierce said.
This autumn, the United Kingdom will host the Summit of the Berlin Process with the western Balkans to support the support of stability, security and economic cooperation in the region. About the goals and implementation of the summit, Karen Pierce talked to Amer Kapetanović, the Secretary-General of the Regional Cooperation Council, a key partner in this process.
During the visit, they also met with human rights activists, journalists and project partners with which the United Kingdom works on numerous issues on the benefit of the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
At the meeting with the leaders and representatives of the largest religious communities in BiH, they were encouraged to operate on the deescalation of the political crisis and build trust between communities because the preservation of peace and stability in BiH is the most important thing, the United Kingdom Embassy was announced in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(Vijesti.ba / Fena)
