   Home > Meetings & Statements Statement by Mr. Yang Tao,
Counsellor, Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations, at
the Security Council Debate on the situation in Bosnia and
Herzegovina   Mr. President,  I would like to thank High
Representative Inzko for his briefing.  China welcomes the
progress made in Bosnia and Herzegovina in such fields as
security sector reform, enhancing the rule of law and economic
recovery. We hope that all ethnic groups in Bosnia and
Herzegovina will proceed on the basis of the long-term interests
of the country in a spirit of mutual understanding and
compromise; effectively implement the Dayton Peace Agreement;
settle their differences through dialogue and negotiations; and
increase mutual political trust to enhance national
reconciliation. China looks forward to the formation of a new,
broad-based Government in Bosnia and Herzegovina at an early
date so as to ensure further progress in various aspects of
national reconstruction.  China respects the independence,
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