US Special Representative for the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer, congratulated the Chairman of Bosnia’s tripartite Presidency, Zeljko Komsic, for his efforts to maintain Bosnia’s path toward membership in NATO when the two met on Friday during the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Komsic and Palmer spoke about the political situation in Bosnia and stability in the region, as well as an initiative to form a regional trade union which they agreed would improve relations among the countries and improve the living standard of all citizens, a Presidency press release said.

Komsic thanked Palmer for the US’s consistent and clear support for Bosnia and its Euro-Atlantic integration process. The solution for the problems Bosnia is facing would be the country becoming a NATO and EU member, he argued.