German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visits Bosnia

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Boris Pistorius, Germany's Defence Minister, arrives at Sarajevo-Butmir airport during his three-day trip to the Balkans. Soeren Stache/dpa
Boris Pistorius, Germany's Defence Minister, arrives at Sarajevo-Butmir airport during his three-day trip to the Balkans. Soeren Stache/dpa
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Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius was continuing his trip to the Balkans on Tuesday with a stop-off in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

He landed in the capital Sarajevo to meet members of the government and the representative of the international community, Christian Schmidt.

Pistorius is due to meet German soldiers from the EU stabilizion mission in the country, EUFOR Althea, on Wednesday.

The German army, or Bundeswehr, has around 30 men and women stationed in Bosnia as part of the mission. It was set up to support the Dayton Peace Agreement which ended the Bosnian war in 1995.

The country remains a potential theatre of conflict, and the German soldiers gather information through patrols and contact with the local population and institutions, and compile situation reports.

Pistorius visited the Kosovan capital Pristina on Monday.

Boris Pistorius (R), Germany's Defence Minister, opens the German language laboratory at the language school in the Rajlovac barracks together with Zukan Helez (L), Bosnia-Herzegovina's Defence Minister, during his three-day trip to the Balkans. Soeren Stache/dpa
Boris Pistorius (R), Germany's Defence Minister, opens the German language laboratory at the language school in the Rajlovac barracks together with Zukan Helez (L), Bosnia-Herzegovina's Defence Minister, during his three-day trip to the Balkans. Soeren Stache/dpa