03/01/2020 (Agence Europe) – On 23 December, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, and the European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, welcomed the appointment of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of nine ministers and headed by Zoran Tegeltija. "After a year of political stalemate, this opens the way for renewed commitment of the political parties to allow for progress on the EU path of the country", they said in a joint statement. The High Representative and the Commissioner stressed the urgency for the national government to make the necessary commitment to define, adopt and implement a new set of socio-economic reforms for the benefit of the country and its citizens. The work ahead of us requires the full commitment of legislative and executive authorities at all levels, they added. (CG)