Germany's candidate for the position of High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt, on his way to an informal meeting of EU ministers for agriculture and fisheries. Photo: Estonian EU presidency 2017 wikimedia.org
Relations between the
EU and Western Balkans will intensify this year. In addition to the present well-functioning
Belgrade-Pristina negotiations facilitated by the European
Union Special Representative (EUSR), Miroslav Lajčák, it appears that European
leaders are ready to untie the Bosnian knot.
The Office of the High
Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (OHR) was established in 1995 under
the still-valid Dayton Agreement, which brought peace to the country. Annex 10 of this