Bosnia and Herzegovina is crucial for the stability of the Western Balkans, Bosnia Presidency member Sefik Daferovic said on Thursday in Baku, where he addressed a forum discussing global challenges.

Speaking for N1, Dzaferovic said the European Union and NATO are Bosnia's two main foreign policy goals and that this was in the interest of all peoples in the country.

“We have our own path. Our path is an integral, democratic Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is a member state of the EU and NATO, where numerous economic and social reforms will take place, and where equality of every single person on every inch of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be secured,” said Bosniak member of the State tripartite Presidency.

Addressing the 7th Global Baku Forum, which commenced on Thursday, Dzaferovic said that the relations at the international level were getting more and more complex and were less and less foreseeable.

“No country can stay focused on its internal affairs only nor is it able to solve them in isolation and independently from the processes that are happening in its near environment or at the global level,” said the Presidency member.

“This is exactly why we need joint solutions that are grounded on common values and cross-section of interests, which can be implemented only if all countries join their forces and capacities together,” he added.