The agreement will prevent to abuse the right of entry and visa system in the future – informed Mr Sadik Ahmetovic Bosnian Minister of Security after he and Mr Sándor Pintér Interior Minister of Hungary signed the Protocol on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation on Monday which has been adopted by the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is on the road to the EU, therefore preventing illegal migration, false asylum seeking and any other abuses are of high importance – emphasized the Bosnian Minister of Security.

Mr Sadik Ahmetovic recalled that citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina are allowed to travel visa-free to the EU Member States. He was pleased to hear that there were not many disagreements between Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina in this field.

We have established the legal bases of a practical activity by the signature of the Protocol – highlighted Mr Sándor Pintér and added: Cooperation between Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina was almost unproblematic in the field of entry and exit. According to EU requirements all Member States should ratify the agreement for this reason the signature became necessary.

Interior Minister of Hungary informed that 135 thousand tourists and visitors have come from Bosnia and Herzegovina to Hungary recently and they caused almost no problem. Legal instruments and expulsion against Bosnian citizens had to be used in two cases only – he added.

(kormany.hu)