Republika Srpska Officials Meet With Members of U.S. Congress

WASHINGTON - A delegation of Republika Srpska (RS) Government officials traveled to
Washington last week to meet with over twenty congressional offices. The
meetings focused on the progress being made in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
as its leaders strive to meet the five plus two conditions for closing the
Office of the High Representative.

The delegation included Minister of Science and Technology, Bakir
Ajanovic; Minister of Administration and Local Self Government, Zoran
Lipovac; Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ranko Skrbic; and Advisor
to Prime Minister Dodik, Gordan Milosevic.

The visit occurred as many members of the U.S. House of Representatives
were considering support of H.Res. 171. While the resolution is non-binding
and will not affect U.S. policy toward BiH, the RS officials used the
opportunity to ensure that members understood the RS perspective. They
conveyed Prime Minister Milorad Dodik’s positive role in working with
domestic leaders and U.S. officials to resolve the final status of the Brcko
District and his commitment to continue negotiations to move BiH forward
under the framework established by the Dayton Accords. Members of Congress
and their staff were particularly interested in the details surrounding the
Prud Agreements and subsequent negotiations involving leaders of the three
constituent groups of BiH. Many expressed that they found the meetings to be
useful and informative.

The officials met with leaders such as Congresswoman Melissa Bean (D-IL)
and Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Serbia
Caucus; Congressman Bill Delahunt (D-MA), member of the House of
Representatives Subcommittee on Europe; and Congressman John Tanner (D-TN),
member of the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Europe and President
of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

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Source: Republika Srpska (RS) Government

Liz McCurtain, +1-202-429-6872, lmccurtain at qga.com, for the Republika Srpska (RS) Government