Brussels, Feb 8, SPA -- European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told Bosnia's Prime Minister AdnanTerzic Tuesday his country stood to gain from added aid andtrade if it fully cooperated in handing over indicted warcrimes suspects to the international war crimes tribunal. Barroso said "good cooperation, increased cooperation"with the tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands was the "keyelement" in forging closer ties between Bosnia and the25-nation bloc. "If the reforms continue, and if we see this increasedcooperation with the international tribunal ... by May wecan make a decision on a stabilization and associationagreement with Bosnia, but a lot has to be done untilthen," Barroso said. Terzic said his country was keen on "strengtheningcooperation" with the EU. "We have the same goal, on how we can help each other,"he told reporters.--SPA1354 Local Time 1054 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/237815
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