On 28th December 2016 Commander EUFOR, Major General Friedrich Schrötter, met with the Minister for Security of BiH, Dragan Mektić, in Sarajevo to discuss the ongoing relationship between the 2 organisations. It was agreed that in the next year they would develop a more efficient and wider cooperation.

Minister Dragan Mektić meets Major General Friedrich Schrötter

Minister Dragan Mektić meets Major General Friedrich Schrötter

Major General Schrötter expressed his appreciation to Minister Mektić for his work thus far and offered assistance, proposing that cooperation with the Ministry and other security agencies is raised to a higher level.

COM EUFOR and the Minister for Security discuss ongoing cooperation

COM EUFOR and the Minister for Security discuss ongoing cooperation

The path of BiH to Europe was also discussed, and Minister Mektić said that a step forward was made in 2016 with the establishment of operational cooperation with EUROPOL and that the Ministry of Security of BiH is fully open to providing answers to the questions from the EU Questionnaire that pertain to the field of security.