As I stated previously, we in Bosnia and Herzegovina have well-trained soldiers, morally, physically, psychologically. In those missions where it came to demanding healthy assistance, we proved ourselves. We see that even Canada is going to withdraw its troops in 2014, so there is a general lack of people volunteering to participate in these missions. NATO can look at Bosnia and Herzegovina as a back-up country that will try to compensate for the lack of people and resources in missions throughout the world. On the second side, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with membership of NATO, gains regional and internal security.
On May 29th, 2012. See this statement in context.