The leader of the Croat Democratic Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH) said on Friday that the southern gas interconnection is a strategic interest of the country and that his political party is not obstructing the process.
Covic’s statements come after the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent a letter to the heads of diplomacy of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, Elmedin Konakovic and Gordan Grlic Radman, urging Covic to “stop obstructing” the gas connection between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“I spoke with a large number of international representatives as a representative of HDZ and HNS (Croatian National Assembly in BiH), sometimes as a parliamentarian. We regularly have meetings (with ambassadors). It's all going amicably. Two people cannot be considered an obstacle. Even if we have disagreements, the two administrations must come to an understanding. We don't have any more important partners than our Western partners – Zagreb, Brussels and Washington,” he said.
Covic then explained the issue regarding the southern gas interconnection.
“And of course our proposal was clear. The law on this interconnection is already in the procedure, since a couple of years ago, and many things have been disputed in it, so we found that it does not make sense. The main issue about that law was the company BH Gas”, he said.
“Just as we have BH Gas, we will also have the southern gas interconnection, which will be owned by the Federation entity (FBiH) Government one hundred percent. I have no private interests in the matter, we will continue to push this project forward. If we were to agree on everything today, it would take another seven or eight years for the project to be realized. I wouldn't want someone to shut down the gas pipeline in Posušje tomorrow because of some political crisis in Sarajevo. We are doing everything to ensure that this law gets a place in the parliamentary procedure, and we take responsibility for the operators”, he stated.
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