Members of the Standing Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Parliamentary Assembly of Mediterranean organized the traditional ceremony and marked the 21st of March, the Day of Mediterranean. The members of the Delegation took this opportunity and pointed out the importance of this regional organization to the citizens and media in our country.
On that occasion, on the ceremony held in the building of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Chairman of the Standing Delegation, Mr. Šemsudin Mehmedović and his deputies, Mr. Mladen Ivanković Lijanović and Mr. Ognjen Tadić, addressed the guests and journalists.
Chairman Mehmedović stressed that parliamentarians should contribute to the strengthening and developing relations between the countries members of PAM. He used the opportunity to point out how important it is to promote the role of Parliamentary Assembly of Mediterranean as a regional organization of parliamentarians committed to the process of building bridges of confidence between different cultures and nations in Mediterranean Region. PAM member countries are doing their best to find common solutions to the many challenges of today and work to build an acceptable environment for all and a peaceful, prosperous region.
Mr. Ivankovic Lijanovic invited all national parliaments to take advantage of the Mediterranean Day as an opportunity for dialogue with the citizens and promote the role of PAM as a regional institution dedicated and committed to the process of building bridges between cultures and peoples of the Mediterranean.
Mr. Tadic said that the Day of the Mediterranean is an opportunity to remind ourselves where the center of the world was for thousands of years. He pointed out that our existence in this region is in the same time our obligation to give our contribution to co-operation, coexistence, helping and sharing in this diversified Mediterranean region. Moreover, we can learn from the experiences of other European countries which are also members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean how to adopt standards, while not denying the identity, not denying internal structure or culture and tradition of the people who live in this region Mr. Tadić expressed his belief that it is a good spirit for work and cooperation and that all well-intentioned people are devoted to these values .
(issued by the BiH Parliamentary Assembly)