In December, the parties that had won the top six places during a national election in October 2010 agreed on how to divide the prime minister's position and the Cabinet posts. Parliament approved that Cabinet on Friday in a vote of 26-7, with one abstention.
Power in Bosnia is shared by Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats who rotate key government posts, and the delay to form a government and bickering over how to allocate funds have left this poor country without a budget. As a result, state officials have not received their January salaries.
Sixteen years after Bosnia's 1992-95 war, the unemployment rate is nearly 30 percent, political instability scares away much-needed foreign investment and a massive brain drain has hampered economic recovery.
Hundreds of thousands of Bosnians who live abroad have helped those still in the country by sending money back home. But job-killing financial crises in North America and Western Europe, where most Bosnian expatriates live and work, have forced some to return, jobless, to their homeland.
A statement released by the Foreign Ministry of Friday said Turkey wishes luck to the new government in realizing necessary reforms, reitarating its support in every sphere.
The statement said Turkey attaches importance to relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina for enduring peace and stability in the Balkans, adding that Turkey will continue closely cooperating and working with the Balkan country for the prosperity and security of Bosnian people.
The statement also noted that Bakir Izetbegovic, the Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will pay a visit to Turkey on Feb. 14-16 to have talks with Turkish officials.
It said Bosnian official will have talks with President Abdullah Gül and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu during his visit to discuss bilateral relations as well as regional and international developments.
