It is important that the politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina use the momentum of the EU candidate status and that they do not allow this opportunity to be missed, Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob said in an exclusive interview with N1 during his visit to Sarajevo.

Golob expressed a strong support to Bosnia's EU path, announcing that Slovenia will keep reminding the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina of the reforms they have committed to.

“Politicians who don't support European perspective actually work against their own people, not only against the state,” he stressed.

Slovenian PM reaffirms support with two messages for Bosnians

Slovenia's official, who is paying his first official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, deems that getting closer to thee EU is the only way to end the divisions within the country.

“I believe that the European path is a national consensus today,” he added.

According to him, there is positivity in Brussels when it comes to Bosnia's EU integration.

“I assure all the sceptics, those who are tired, to give Europe a chance. This is the moment and I believe that it is in the interest of future generations that all politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina understand the importance of the moment. To give the EU a chance and let's make that step forward together,” Golob said.

In his meetings with representatives of the Bosnian government, Golob presented the necessity of implementation of reforms, especially those related to 14 priorities that were set before BiH by Brussels.

“It was my goal to tell them that this is the right moment to do so. I believe that they understand,” said Slovenian PM, adding that Slovenia will keep reminding of that in the following weeks and will not let that chance be missed.

Full interview with Slovenia's PM Golob will be published on Tuesday.