WORLD BRIEFING / BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA
Vice President Joe Biden promised that Washington would help Balkan nations join the European Union, and he urged Bosnian lawmakers to set aside their differences and work together across party and ethnic lines.
“The door is open for the countries of this region for the first time in history to be an integral part of a free Europe,” Biden said in Bosnia’s parliament. “The U.S. will help you walk through that door.”
Biden was in Sarajevo on the first stop in a three-day tour of the Balkans meant to demonstrate renewed interest in the region. He met with Bosnia’s three presidents, will talk with the governing coalition and speak -- separately -- with Bosnia’s staunchest rivals, Bosniak leader Haris Silajdzic and Milorad Dodik, head of the country’s Serbs.
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