The European Union will donate 10m euros to the BiH Armed Forces

The European Union will help strengthen the capacity of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, confirmed for our portal Bisera Turkovic, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of BiH.

Turkovic is in Brussels where he will meet with senior EU officials, including Oliver Varhelji, the commissioner for enlargement, as well as EU foreign ministers, representatives of the European Parliament and other influential officials.

"This is an extremely important decision that will strengthen the capacity and capabilities of our Armed Forces, and will be implemented through the new EU instrument 'The European Peace Facility,'" said Turkovic.

The instrument aims to increase the EU's ability to prevent conflicts, preserve peace and strengthen international stability and security, and the total budget of this instrument IS 5 billion euros for 2021-2027.

As we find out, the EU has decided to donate 10 million euros to the AF BiH in the first phase, in order to strengthen its demining capacities, which will certainly help the AF BiH to be even more efficient in demining contaminated areas and thus saving lives, but also creating opportunities for return. people and possible investment in the economy.

In the coming days, Turkovic will participate in several important European forums where he will speak, among other things, about the situation in BiH.

"I expect that the EU foreign ministers will also adopt views on the latest developments in our country and in the entire Western Balkans. It is essential that we turn this crisis into a chance to meet the remaining conditions for candidate status as soon as possible. I believe that would be the best." response to retrograde policies ", Minister Turković pointed out.