Head of Bosnia and Herzegovina's government Denis Zvizdic said he would respond to Pristina's decision to impose 100 percent customs duties for the products originating from Bosnia, the decision Kosovo Government adopted on Wednesday.

The decision is unnecessary and will have to be withdrawn, Zvizdic told N1, adding, “Dialogue, talks and respecting the international standards is the right path.”

After they imposed 10 percent customs tariffs for the products from Bosnia and Serbia at the beginning of November, Kosovo authorities introduced 100 percent duties on Wednesday, saying that the decision is aimed to protect their economy.

According to Zvizdic, this decision is directly opposite to the postulates and goals of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), an agreement stipulating zero-tariff trade across the region.

“If that was an answer to the results of vote on (Kosovo's) membership in the Interpol, I think Kosovo picked a wrong method and way, and it sent a wrong message,” said Zvizdic, the Chairman of Bosnia's Council of Ministers, suggesting that Pristina's decision might be an answer to Bosnia voting against Kosovo's membership in the international police, which took place a day ago.

Speaking of the Vienna meeting that Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz organised on Monday for the Western Balkans ministers and European Commissioners Johannes Hahn and Mariya Gabriel, Zvizdic said he was glad the Western Balkans remains in the European Union's focus and that the European perspectives of the region are still alive.

“And this is where the CEFTA was discussed as well as the first steps Kosovo took by adopting 10 percent taxes,” Zvizdic noted.

According to him, the newly appointed Bosnia's Presidency should go to Brussels and deliver the answers to the European Commission's Questionnaire, “and demonstrate in that way Bosnia and Herzegovina's commitment to the EU integration.”

Bosnian authorities received in June this year several hundred follow-up questions to clarify the answers the country previously sent to the European Commission's Questionnaire, as a part of the preparation of the Commission's opinion on Bosnia's application for the EU membership. The three-month deadline to send the replies expired at the end of September.

“We will answer the follow-up questions by end of the year,” Zvizdic added.