Deputy FM Mardas carries out working visit to Sarajevo (16-17 March 2016)

The Deputy Foreign Minister for International Economic Cooperation, Dimitris Mardas, today completed a two-day working visit to Sarajevo, where a high-level meeting took place between the co-chairs of the Greece-Bosnia and Herzegovina Joint Interministerial Committee (JIC). In their capacity as co-chairs of the JIC, Mr. Mardas and the Bosnia-Herzegovina Minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Mr. Sarovic, reaffirmed the excellent level of bilateral political relations, while emphasizing the further strengthening of bilateral economic and trade cooperation.

In the framework of his visit, Mr. Mardas also met with the President of the Cabinet, the Presidia of the House of Representatives and the House of Peoples, the Foreign Minister and the Deputy Transport Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mr. Mardas also addressed a business forum that took place yesterday, with the participation of entrepreneurs from the two countries. Finally, on the margins of the business forum, a memorandum of cooperation was signed by the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

March 17, 2016