 Upon instructions of Solana, Lajčák contented himself of cosmetic changes to bring to an end the police reform saga, leading to the signature of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EU in June 2008, despite claims that the EU had lost his credibility by lowering the bar which had been set by Paddy Ashdown in 2005.Lajčák suddenly announced his departure in January 2009, citing “frustrations” with the office (“I don’t want to be the rider of a dead horse”); he claimed that Bonn powers prevented Bosnia and Herzegovina from addressing its issues.In August 2008, Lajčák asked BiH Presidency member Zeljko Komsic to “explain” his congratulations to Croatia on the Day of Victory, due to the different vision of operation Oluja in Republika Srpska and Croatia.