EBRD RESOLUTIONS: Council of Ministers of BiH to decide tomorrow whether it is with the European Union or not

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - The session of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be held on Wednesday, March 30, and on the agenda is also the Determination of voting regarding resolutions of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - the second round of voting, concerning sanctions against Russia and Belarus due to the aggression on Ukraine. In the first round of voting, ministers from the RS did not support these resolutions.

The Governor of BiH in the EBRD, Minister of Finance and Treasury Vjekoslav Bevanda, has until April 1 to declare his position on the vote.

The resolutions relate to the EBRD not conducting new operations, i.e., loans or technical assistance in the Russian Federation and Belarus, and will possibly suspend or cancel the payment of tranches in already existing operations for these countries.

Before the last session, where there was no agreement, Bevanda was handed a demarche from the Special Representative of the European Union to BiH and Head of the EU Delegation to BiH, Johann Sattler, and ambassadors and representatives of eight other EU member state embassies regarding the vote in the EBRD. The EU expects BiH, as a candidate country for EU membership, to follow the policy and join the sanctions.

On the agenda is also a decision on a temporary ban on the export of certain forest wood assortments, a Draft Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation on the implementation of the infrastructure project "Construction of Trebinje Airport" between the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Government of the Republic of Serbia, several agreements with Croatia and Montenegro, as well as a proposal for a decision on the amount of the base for calculating salaries for employees in institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina for 2022.