Though military reforms to place the country's formerly warring Croat, Muslim and Serb militaries under a single command were on track, NATO warned for months that an invitation would depend on BiH's ability to turn over people indicted for war crimes by The Hague tribunal.
Iako se vojne reforme, koje imaju za cilj da se nekada zaraćene vojske Hrvata, Srba i Muslimana stave pod jedinstvenu komandu, odvijaju po planu, NATO je mesecima upozoravao da će poziv zavisiti od toga da li će BiH biti u stanju da izruči osobe optužene za ratne zločine Haškom sudu.