Minister of Foreign Affairs Sven Alkalaj of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Alkalaj said that none of the top EU officials have “ever send a message that either chairman Silajdzic or Minister Alkalaj are unwelcome.

Sven Alkalaj was born in Sarajevo and graduated in mechanical engineering at the University of Sarajevo in 1974.

Alkalaj is fluent in English and French and has some knowledge of Spanish.

Alkalaj has been exposed to harsh criticism and requests for his resignation after it was published that Alkalaj received Croatian citizenship after declaring himself as Croat, Bosnian media reported.

The ministry said that Alkalaj is expected to meet with his Malaysian counterpart Syed Hamid Albar to discuss bilateral issues, trade and investments as well as other possible areas of cooperation between Malaysia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

An investigation by the commission revealed that between February 2007 and January 2008, Alkalaj was a paid member of the supervisory board of the VGT insurance company of Visoko, which did business with government bodies.

Alkalaj said that despite the experience of a long period of war, the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina now live in harmony.

Alkalaj said that the fabric of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which fits into this philosophy, would add positive value to the EU.

Alkalaj expressed that the majority of the people and politicians are in favour of Bosnia and Herzegovinas NATO and EU membership.

Alkalaj said that it will take time to carry out the reforms required for membership and the process will be difficult.

Alkalaj said that although the agreement ended the war in the country it caused some problems.

Alkalaj said that this was due to discord in constitutional regulations.

Alkalaj said that when compared with the Western Balkan states, the Bosnia and Herzegovinian economy is in a relatively good situation.

Alkalaj said that such positive relations were one of the reasons for his visit to Turkey.

Alkalaj said that because Serbia is a large and important neighbour, and there is a substantial Serbian population in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the relations with Serbia are very important.

Alkalaj said that for Bosnia and Herzegovina, although NATO membership has a higher priority than EU membership both for the continuance of stability and reforms, EU membership is also very important.

Officials in Bosnia’s Foreign Ministry, speaking on condition of anonymity, also denied the allegations, saying that in the past few months Alkalaj has held a series of meetings with senior EU officials.

LISBON) - Bosnian Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj said here Tuesday his country should be ready to sign an agreement that marks the first step towards eventual EU membership by the end of the year.

LISBON (Thomson Financial) - Bosnian Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj said here today that his country should be ready to sign an agreement that marks the first step towards eventual EU membership by the end of the year.

Largely on the strength of his international business experience, Alkalaj was appointed in 1993 as Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ambassador to Washington, a key post at a time when the newly independent country was seeking international and particularly American support in fighting off Serbia.

Text of report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA Sarajevo, 2 August: B-H Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj has sent instructions with guidelines to all B-H consular missions which say B-H does not recognize the new Kosovo passports, which the government over there has started to issue to residents of the province.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj received Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Zagreb Chevalier Marco de Schoutheete de Tervant and Head of Diplomatic Office of the Kingdom of Belgium to Sarajevo Ale A.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj met with Japanese Ambassador to BIH Futao Motai on October 31st, 2008.

On October 31st, 2008, Minister of Foreign Affairs of BIH Sven Alkalaj received non-resident Ambassador of Chile for BIH Carmen Hertz Cádi, seated in Budapest, to a farewell visit.

On October 31st 2008, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj received Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Zagreb Chevalier Marco de Schoutheete de Tervant and Head of Diplomatic Office of the Kingdom of Belgium to Sarajevo Alex A.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj received new Head of OSC Mission to BiH Gary D.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of BIH Sven Alkalaj received delegation of the Council of Europe Rapporteur Group on Democracy (GR-DEM), on October 28th, 2008.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of BiH Sven Alkalaj met with Canadian Ambassador to BiH David Hutchings on October 27th, 2008.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of BIH Sven Alkalaj received on October 27th, 2008 the USA delegation of high military officers staying in BIH within CAPSTONE program from October 26th to 27th, 2008.

On October 23rd, 2008 Minister of Foreign Affairs of BiH Sven Alkalaj received Ambassador of Greece to BIH Procopios Mantzouranis to inaugural visit.

On October 23rd, 2008, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj received Head of the EU Police Mission to BIH – Brigadier General Vincenzo Coppola to inaugural visit.

On October 22nd, 2008, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj met with Ambassador of the Russian Federation to BIH  Konstantin Shuvalov.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj received on October 22nd 2008 in Sarajevo the US.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj met on October 21st 2008, with Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Czech Republic Miroslav Vlček.

On October 21st, 2008, Minister of Foreign Affairs of BiH Sven Alkalaj met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg, within his return visit to the Czech Republic.

October 21st 2008, Minister of Foreign Affairs of BIH Sven Alkalaj met with Chairman of the Czech Senate Přemysl Sobotka during the official return visit to the Czech Republic.

On October 21st 2008, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj met with Head of the Government of the Czech Republic Mirek Topolanek, during paying his return visit to the Czech Republic.

On October 20th, 2008, Minister of Foreign Affairs of BIH Sven Alkalaj met with Timothy Cartwright, Deputy Head of the Directorate of Strategic Planning and Mrs.

On October 17th, 2008, Minister of Foreign Affairs of BiH Sven Alkalaj met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Marat Tazhin, in Astana.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of BIH Sven Alkalaj met on October 16th 2008 with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium Karel De Gucht, within working visit to Brussels.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj met on October 15th, 2008 with Gisel Kallenbach and Jelka Kacin, members of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the South East European counties.

On October 15th 2008 in Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj met with members of the European Parliament- Mr.

On October 15th 2008, Minsiter of Foreign Affairs of BiH Sven Alkalaj met with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj met with Ambassadors of NATO Member States within official visit to NATO, on October 15th, 2008.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of BiH Sven Alkalaj met today in Brussels with representatives of Permanent Representation of the EU Member States to the COWEB.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj met on October 14th, 2008 with Doris Pack, Chairwoman of the European Parliament’s Delegation to Southeastern Europe.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj received on October 10th, 2008 in Sarajevo, political directors of the Member States of the Visegrad Group led by Witold Soblokow, political director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, which is currently presiding over this group.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj met on October 9th, 2008 with Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to BIH Braathu.

On October 9th, 2008 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj received to a farewell visit Ambassador of the Republic of Austria Werner Almhofer.

On October 9th, 2008, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sven Alkalaj met with Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to BiH Ahmed El SayedKhattab.

Alkalaj has some very important points.

In its ruling, handed down on April 24th, the commission said that while serving as foreign minister, Alkalaj was a member of an insurance company whose dealings with the BiH authorities exceeded 5 2,500 euros a year.

Sven Alkalaj is a Bosnian diplomat who is the current Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Under Secretary Burns and Foreign Minister Alkalaj discussed the need for the Bosnian government to resume progress on key reforms, including the need to complete a police reform plan enabling Bosnia to sign an EU Stabilization and Association Agreement this year.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj of Bosnia-Herzegovina said on Thursday that political relations between Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina were at perfect level.

Speaking to reporters after his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Alkalaj said they assessed the situation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and ways to boost bilateral cooperation.

Alkalaj said they also exchanged views to improve foreign trade volume, indicating that boosting Turkish investments in Bosnia-Herzegovina was also discussed in the meeting.