"Key to the City of Sarajevo" to be awarded to Bob Dole

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - The "Key to the City of Sarajevo" award will be presented to American Senator and friend of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bob Dole.

This was unanimously decided at a session of the City Council, which supported the proposal of Mayor Abdulah Skaka, the City Administration announced.

Mayor Skaka stated that Dole is one of the most important figures in building strong friendly relations between BiH, especially Sarajevo as the capital city, and the United States of America.

Senator Dole has visited Sarajevo and BiH multiple times, and his political voice as the former majority leader in the US Congress has encouraged reforms and progress in Sarajevo and the entire country over the past two decades.

Robert Joseph Dole is a retired American senator from the state of Kansas, and he held that position from 1969 to 1996.

At one point in his career, he was also the leader of the majority parliamentary group in the Senate.