ISSN: 2560-1601 Vol. 34, No. 4 (BH) November 2020 Bosnia-Herzegovina external relations briefing: Overview of the relations between People’s Republic of China and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2020 Zvonimir Stopić 1052 Budapest Petőfi Sándor utca 11. +36 1 5858 690 Kiadó: Kína-KKE Intézet Nonprofit Kft.
[email protected] Szerkesztésért felelős személy: CHen Xin Kiadásért felelős személy: Huang Ping china-cee.eu 2017/01 Overview of the relations between People’s Republic of China and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2020 In April 2020, Bosnia and Herzegovina and People’s Republic of China celebrated the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Generally speaking, the relations between the two countries in past quarter of century has been smooth and without major incidents. Despite of the issues that exist in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s institutional and political system, China and Bosnia and Herzegovina did manage to find a way to push through several large infrastructure and energy projects, upon which further development of relations can be based. Currently, the explosion of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus slowed down most initiatives that were launched before the pandemics. However, despite of these difficulties, China and Bosnia and Herzegovina do plan to continue to develop cooperation within the “China+17” framework and the “One Belt One Road” initiative. Bosnia and Herzegovina and People’s Republic of China established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level in April 1995, at the time war in Bosnia and Herzegovina still was not brought to its conclusion. At that moment, the two countries wowed to respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and agreed to make effort in furthering joint development and cooperation.