Identifier
Created
Classification
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09STATE79182
2009-07-29 18:56:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HIGH
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UNCLAS STATE 079182
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE PREL PGOV MD
SUBJECT: OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HIGH
REPRESENTATIVE FOR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
UNCLAS STATE 079182
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE PREL PGOV MD
SUBJECT: OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HIGH
REPRESENTATIVE FOR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
1. (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement
at the July 30, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna.
Begin text:
Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
The United States welcomes High Representative Valentin Inzko
to the Permanent Council. Thank you for your comprehensive
report. We appreciate the constructive cooperation between
your office and the OSCE mission, and look forward to a
continuing good relationship.
Vice President Biden's visit to Sarajevo in May was a clear
signal of the United State's commitment to a peaceful,
successful Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Vice President was
frank and direct in his remarks to the BiH parliament: the
path to a secure and prosperous future is through
Euro-Atlantic integration, and in recent years progress on
reforms necessary for this integration has slowed. The
greatest dangers to the country's stability and future
prosperity come from efforts to undermine the State and to
roll back the successful reforms of the past 14 years. To
move ahead, the country's leaders will have to look beyond
narrow ethnic and political interests and focus on shared
goals. Setbacks such as the delay of EU visa liberalization
should not be viewed as cause for discouragement, but should
be taken as reason to redouble efforts on what are
well-defined, achievable goals that will bring tangible
benefit to all the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The United States fully supports the work of the Office of
the High Representative. The leaders of Bosnia and
Herzegovina should renew their focus on completing the
objectives and conditions identified by the Peace
Implementation Council as essential for enabling OHR's
transition to an EU Special Representative mission. The EU
has made clear that this transition is essential if the
country is to advance further on its path to eventual EU
membership. The United States looks forward to working with
the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities, the High
Representative, and the OSCE to ensure that all objectives
are meaningfully implemented prior to transition. We are
confident in the High Representative's abilities to assist
Bosnia and Herzegovina's leaders toward achieving this goal.
We again thank High Representative Inzko for his helpful
report and the support he has given the OSCE. We wish him all
the best in his work.
Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
End text.
CLINTON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE PREL PGOV MD
SUBJECT: OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HIGH
REPRESENTATIVE FOR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
1. (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement
at the July 30, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna.
Begin text:
Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
The United States welcomes High Representative Valentin Inzko
to the Permanent Council. Thank you for your comprehensive
report. We appreciate the constructive cooperation between
your office and the OSCE mission, and look forward to a
continuing good relationship.
Vice President Biden's visit to Sarajevo in May was a clear
signal of the United State's commitment to a peaceful,
successful Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Vice President was
frank and direct in his remarks to the BiH parliament: the
path to a secure and prosperous future is through
Euro-Atlantic integration, and in recent years progress on
reforms necessary for this integration has slowed. The
greatest dangers to the country's stability and future
prosperity come from efforts to undermine the State and to
roll back the successful reforms of the past 14 years. To
move ahead, the country's leaders will have to look beyond
narrow ethnic and political interests and focus on shared
goals. Setbacks such as the delay of EU visa liberalization
should not be viewed as cause for discouragement, but should
be taken as reason to redouble efforts on what are
well-defined, achievable goals that will bring tangible
benefit to all the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The United States fully supports the work of the Office of
the High Representative. The leaders of Bosnia and
Herzegovina should renew their focus on completing the
objectives and conditions identified by the Peace
Implementation Council as essential for enabling OHR's
transition to an EU Special Representative mission. The EU
has made clear that this transition is essential if the
country is to advance further on its path to eventual EU
membership. The United States looks forward to working with
the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities, the High
Representative, and the OSCE to ensure that all objectives
are meaningfully implemented prior to transition. We are
confident in the High Representative's abilities to assist
Bosnia and Herzegovina's leaders toward achieving this goal.
We again thank High Representative Inzko for his helpful
report and the support he has given the OSCE. We wish him all
the best in his work.
Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
End text.
CLINTON