{"id":17862,"date":"2022-06-17T12:29:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T10:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=17862"},"modified":"2022-06-17T12:29:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T10:29:02","slug":"president-milanovic-in-ohrid-if-ukraine-gets-eu-candidate-status-bih-must-get-candidate-status-the-same-day","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-in-ohrid-if-ukraine-gets-eu-candidate-status-bih-must-get-candidate-status-the-same-day\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 in Ohrid: If Ukraine gets EU candidate status, BiH must get candidate status the same day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 is on a working visit to the Republic of North Macedonia, in Ohrid, where he participated in the international conference Prespa Forum Dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the second day of his stay in Ohrid, President Milanovi\u0107 held a working meeting with the President of the Republic of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski, after which he said that the example of the Republic of North Macedonia demonstrates what EU candidate status means, and what it actually represents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You get candidate status and then for twenty years nothing. In this light one should and can see what is now, judging by yesterday&#8217;s visit to Kyiv by three representatives of the great powers, being offered to Ukraine &#8211; candidate status. There is some hope after all. Macedonia has been living with that hope for too long, and I\u2019m surprised they haven\u2019t lost it. And there\u2019s a danger that the people will turn away from it, that they\u2019ll simply move away, realize they\u2019re getting the runaround. It\u2019s up to the Bulgarians to decide and see where all this is taking them and the Macedonians,&#8221; said President Milanovi\u0107 following a meeting with Macedonian President Pendarovski, reiterating his commitment to North Macedonia to finally start negotiations with the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Milanovi\u0107 also pointed out the status of Bosnia and Herzegovina, saying that if Ukraine can get candidate status in its current circumstances, then the zero point of Croatian foreign, national and security policy should be Bosnia and Herzegovina. &#8220;Namely, Bosnia and Herzegovina is in a better situation than Ukraine in terms of security and every other sense. So, it would be good for anyone who is opposed to this to explain to me why they\u2019re against, and I mean Brussels. As for us, Croatian politics and Croats, I expect this to be the zero point of politics and that the Government and its representatives, when it comes to granting candidate status to Ukraine and when this decision is made, to categorically condition that Bosnia and Herzegovina also gets it&#8221;, said President Milanovi\u0107, adding that there is no reason, be it economic, security, humane or human, that if Ukraine gets candidate status, that Bosnia and Herzegovina does not get it. &#8220;I\u2019m waiting for other actors in Croatian politics, statehood and foreign policy to declare themselves. So, Ukraine is a candidate, all right. 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