TIRANA, May 9/ATA/-The Western Balkan leaders, participants in Summit of the Brdo-Brijuni Process held today in Tirana, emphasized the need of encouraging and promotion of the regional cooperation focusing on indispensability of resolving the pending issues among the countries of the region.
President Ilir Meta made the statement during the joint press conference at the end of the summit.
The president emphasized the importance of developing this cooperation aiming at creation of an attractive economic space for investments especially in the countries of the European Union.
“The conclusions of the summit made evident the positive progress of the region and especially the extraordinary achievement of the Prespa Agreement and actually the rather successful path of North Macedonia toward NATO membership and opening of the EU accession negotiations. The summit also emphasized the need of encouraging dialogue in the process of reconciliation based on truth and implementation of all the concluded agreements by the sides”, said Meta.
He added that we all got committed to cooperate so that to guarantee peace and security in our region.
Likewise, the president emphasized that, “The conclusions of this summit are heard more by the EU countries”.
EU should keep door open for membership of countries from Southeast Europe
“The EU should keep door open for membership of countries from Southeast Europe”, said Polish President Andrzej Duda during the joint press conference at the end of the summit.
“The Western Balkans is an integral part of Europe and important for its history, development and future”, emphasized Duda.
According to him, Europe needs Southeast Europe and vice versa.
He expressed his conviction that these countries will become part of the EU in the future.
He added that all the issues in the Western Balkans should be resolved through dialogue and they build a common future in prosperity.
The Polish president also said that the discussions today were held in a calm atmosphere and that the discussions are an important element of the process of stabilization.
Pahor: After European elections, time of EU enlargement toward Western Balkans
The President of Slovenia Borut Pahor said that, “After European elections it’s time to see the process of the EU enlargement toward the Western Balkans in a different way”.
“It is common practice that the Commission conducts negotiations with the governments of different countries, but at the same time the European Commission, the European Parliament and all the EU should take into account the general panorama of the region”, said he.
Parot concluded by saying that the next summit will be held in Ljubljana and the U.N. Secretary General will be a guest./k.s/ /m.m/ /a.g/p.s./
