New biometric passport introduced

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of B-H Dr. Nikola Špirić, Minister of Civil Affairs of B-H Sredoje Nović, Head of the Agency for Identification Documents Siniša Macan, Charge d’Affaires of the Delegation of European Commission in B-H Boris Iarochevich and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden in B-H Bo Hedberg introduced new biometric passports of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.

“My personal commitment, commitment of my Cabinet and of the whole Council of Ministers of B-H is to work hard on the fulfilment of visa liberalisation requirements under the Road Map. This is one among concrete evidences of our committed activity despite the fact that according to European Commission announcement, Bosnia and Herzegovina will not be among proposed for the “White Shengen” on January 1^st, 2009. Now I do invite all, and today is a good occasion for that, to continue our activities on the fulfilment of Road Map requirements and to accomplish by September 31^st, 2009 all that is possible to accomplish”, stated chairman Špirić and added that there were no political doubts in place, that technical matters only remain, and that the European Commission should be provided with sufficient space to draw and present a favourable assessment for Bosnia and Herzegovina in October 2009. (end)