Turkey has been pressing for Bosnia Herzegovina’s involvement in the NATO Membership Action Plan after foreign ministers in Brussels on Friday cleared the formal entry plan for Montenegro, but suspended the offer for its neighbor Bosnia on demands of further progress in reforms.
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu noted that a country which suffered a traumatic civil war in the 1990s must not be left alone and emphasized NATO’s moral responsibility to support Bosnia Herzegovina on the issue.
The Membership Action Plan (MAP) provides advice, assistance and practical support for candidates preparing for membership to the Alliance.
The 28 minister of the NATO said that Bosnia Herzegovina will have to wait until it implements further reforms to attain standards of the Alliance.
"Montenegro has been granted its request to join the Membership Action Plan and a clear message has been given to Bosnia Herzegovina," said NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at a news conference.
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