TIRANA, April 17 /ATA- Maela Marini /- The European Commission recommended Tuesday the opening of negotiations for the European Union membership of Albania and Macedonia.
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini officially presented in Brussels the Progress Report of the EC for the Western Balkans countries.
“Out of the six Western Balkan partners, Serbia and Montenegro have made progress. The EC recommends the opening of negotiations with Albania and Macedonia. We are working on the opinion at the request of Bosnia and Herzegovina and also the Kosovo authorities, ” Mogherini said.
“We appreciate the EU enlargement policy in a detailed way, the enlargement is in our interest to have a successful policy. Enlargement increases stability and security. The process is built on fair and rigorous conditionality, and each country is assessed for its reforms on the basis of merit, “Mogherini said.//a.i/
