site.btaBulgaria to Share with Bosnia and Herzegovina Experience in EU Programmes, Mechanisms Management, Planning and Implementation

Bulgaria to Share with Bosnia and Herzegovina
Experience in EU Programmes, Mechanisms
Management, Planning and Implementation


Sarajevo, April 22 (BTA Special Correspondent Asen Boyadjiev) -
"We will share our ample experience in managing, planning and
successfully implementing EU programmes and mechanisms. We will
insists on the consistent and unconditional preservation of the
full amount of financial support for Bosnia and Herzegovina from
the pre-accession instruments," Bulgarian President Rosen
Plevneliev said here on Wednesday at a joint news conference
with the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Mladen Ivanic, in the presence of the two other Presidency
members, Dragan Covic and Bakir Izetbegovic.

Earlier in the day, the head of State arrived in Sarajevo on a
two-day official visit.

"We will also seek additional sources of financing from EU
institutions and instruments," Plevneliev added. He recalled
that Bulgaria was among the first countries that provided
financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina for the
mitigation of the effects of severe flooding last year. "This
was a clear sign of solidarity and empathy by the Bulgarian
people," he pointed out.

The guest described Bosnia and Herzegovina as "an important
partner and friend of Bulgaria in the region." He added that
"Bulgaria unswervingly and consistently backs the policy of EU
enlargement and the European perspective of the Western
Balkans." PK/LG

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