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Republika Srpska Officials Meet With Members of US Congress
SYS-CON Media (press release) - Mar 24, 2009
WASHINGTON , March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A delegation of Republika Srpska (RS) Government officials traveled to Washington last week to meet with over twenty ...
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Republika Srpska Officials Meet With Members of U.S. Congress
By: PR Newswire
Mar. 24, 2009 02:46 PM
WASHINGTON, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- 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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