The United States is disappointed that leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina are not concerned about their country lagging behind its neighbours and that they continue to be focused on achieving their own, narrow and short-term goals, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Philip Reeker said in an interview with Dnevni Avaz daily published on Friday.
Reeker is on a days-long visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina during which he has held separate talks with leaders of political parties and government officials in a bid to encourage reforms that have been blocked for months.
The US diplomat said it was clear that Bosnian politicians were not cooperating and were not ready for compromises with which they would accept support from the international community. He did not name any names, but he explicitly said that the US administration had no trust in Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik because he did not honour his promises.
Reeker said that the implementation of two key reforms -- the European Court of Human Rights ruling in the Sejdic-Finci case and the allocation of assets to the armed forces -- were not difficult issues that could not be resolved.
The implementation of the ruling through elimination of discrimination against ethnic minorities in the election process will open the way for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the EU integration process, while the resolution of the status of military property is a new step on the road to NATO membership, Reeker said.
