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28 September 2011 Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliamentary Assembly’s Joint Committee for Defense and Security Delegation visits the National Assembly
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliamentary Assembly’s Joint Committee for Defense and Security Delegation Visits National Assembly
A delegation of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliamentary Assembly’s Joint Committee for Defense and Security, currently in a two-day working visit to Belgrade, on 28 and 29 September 2011, visited the National Assembly today.
At the National Assembly House the
Joint Committee Chair Dusanka Majkic and her deputies Bojana Kristo and Sefik Dzaferovic first met with the representatives of the Committee on Defense and Security. Greeting the guests, Committee Chairman Dusan Bajatovic emphasised the importance of the realised regional cooperation in the sphere of security stressing that
Joint Committee Chair Dusanka Majkic said that this was their first visit and the beginning of the two countries’ future cooperation in the sphere of defense and security which is of particular importance for the strengthening of overall security in the region. She briefed the members of the Committee on Defense and Security on the scope of the Joint Committee which is among the most important parliamentary bodies and has a wide sphere of competences.
In the meeting the two delegations noted that stability in
The members of the two delegations also discussed the open issues relating to the Dayton Agreement which
The Serbian delegation members briefed their BIH Parliamentary Assembly colleagues on the difficult situation the Serbian community and
In addition to the Committee Chairman, Committee members Konstantin Samofalov, Bajram Omeragic, Meho Omerovic, Aleksandar Cotric, Edip Serifov and Natasa Jovanovic took part in the meeting, and the first part of the meeting was also attended by the MPs of the Serbian Radical Party parliamentary group.
In the continuation of the visit, the BiH delegation met with the members of the Constitutional Issues Committee and Legislative Committee. Both sides expressed their wish to deepen the cooperation between the two countries’ parliaments, as well as with the parliaments in the region, and they also spoke of the competencies and scope of the BiH PA Joint Committee and National Assembly committees.
The meeting was attended by Committee members, MPs Nada Kolundzija, Vlatko Ratkovic, Bajram Omeragic and Srdjan Mikovic.
The delegation of the
Joint Committee Chair Dusanka Majkic was interested in improving the two countries’ bilateral relations and parliamentary cooperation in particular. She stressed that the BiH Federation and
Greeting the guests, European Integrations Committee Chairman Laszlo Varga briefed them on
The officials pointed out the need to strengthen the role of the parliament, particularly its oversight of the executive government. They also opined that parliamentarians can contribute to a faster resolution of the open issues between the two countries which would require more frequent meetings.
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