Italy, 6 others push to start EU negotiations with Bosnia

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, MAR 19 - "More significant reforms have been implemented in Bosnia-Herzegovina in recent weeks and months compared to prior years, and efforts to implement additional reforms continue. Given the circumstances, we contend that it is critical to seize the present opportunity and momentum by deciding to initiate accession talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina. " This is what ANSA read in a letter from the European affairs ministers of Italy, Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Slovakia, and Slovenia to their EU counterparts, who are meeting today in Brussels to discuss the start of the EU accession negotiations in Sarajevo. (ANSA).