French President Emmanuel Macron denied the words of Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic who told media on Tuesday that he discussed the developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the French head of state.

The Elysée Palace issued a statement on Wednesday, a day after the two officials met, which made no mention of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“I also hope that we can discuss the situation in the Western Balkans where we too have a lot of joint interests and a will to make the progress in many segments, because I think this is important for the stability of our Europe and for the advancement of several joint projects,” the President's Cabinet said, without mentioning specifically Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In a statement following the meeting in Paris on Tuesday, Plenkovic said he and Macron discussed among other issues the situation in Southeast Europe especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the country's October election.

“We discussed the situation in Southeast Europe, I particularly told the French President what happened in Bosnia and Herzegovina's general election. He understood this was a serious issue,” said Plenkovic, who gave a lecture at the Sorbonne University on Tuesday, where he touched upon the topic of the election of ethnic Croats in Bosnia and the outcome of the general election in that country.

The Embassy of France in Sarajevo briefly stated for N1 they could not comment on the Paris meeting or tell if France would more actively engage in the issue of electoral legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.