On July 16th, 2015, Martin SCHULZ, EP President, is in Sarajevo, for the second day of an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. He meets with Denis ZVIDIC, Chair of the Council of Minister,&nbsp; with Igor CRNADAK, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and gives a press conference

meeting

EU - Bosnia and Herzegovina (T)

press conference

official visit

SCHULZ, Martin (S&D, DE)

Belgrade

Bosnia and Herzegovina

CRNADAK, Igor (BA)

Official visit by Martin SCHULZ, EP President, to Bosnia & Herzegovina: meetings with Denis ZVIDIC, Chair of the Council of Minister, with Igor CRNADAK, Minister of Foreign Affairs and  extracts from the press conference

Exterior shots of the building of the Council of Ministers (2 shots)

Martin SCHULZ, EP President meets with Denis ZVIZDIC, Chair of the Council of Ministers

Close-up of Denis ZVIZDIC, Chair of the Council of Ministers

Wide shot of the meeting between Martin SCHULZ, EP President and Denis ZVIZDIC, Chair of the Council of Ministers

Exterior shots of the BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2 shots)

Arrival of Martin SCHULZ, EP President Meeting with Igor CRNADAK, BiH Foreign Minister

Roundtable meeting between Martin SCHULZ, EP President  and Igor CRNADAK, BiH Foreign Minister (6 shots)

Cutaway to exterior shots of the EU Delegation to BiH building (2 shots)

SOUNDBITE (English), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, "Thank you ladies and gentlemen. With my press conference now I finish my visit yesterday and today in BiH and in Sarajevo &ndash; I came after visiting two other countries of the region, I was in Albania and Serbia and now here. I had a lot of meetings with colleagues at the Parliament, with the members of the Presidency, with the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, with the Foreign Affairs Minister.  I am now concluding my visit with some mixed feelings. There is some progress in the country. I was deeply impressed by my meeting with the Chair of the Council of Ministers and with the Foreign Affairs Minister in the morning.

SOUNDBITE (English), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, I also had a very deep and fruitful exchange with President Izetbegovic yesterday. The country is still in a difficult economic situation. I had a meeting with young students from the University of Sarajevo yesterday and it was, for me, very important to listen to expectation, hope but also the worry of young people in the country. Youth unemployment, around 60 percent, remains one of the biggest challenges for all of us, not only here in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is a problem in the European Union as a whole.

SOUNDBITE (English), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, The whole agenda of necessary reform steps, for example the adoption yesterday of the Framework Agreement for the IPA financing instrument in the House of Peoples, is a step forward. Also the commitment of the government to be a part of the European network developments is of the highest importance because infrastructure development is a precondition to attract investors and the country needs foreign investments. But for foreign investments, the country needs internal stability, and internal stability depends on the preparedness of the responsible politicians to cooperate