TIRANA, May 21 /ATA/ – The EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, and the Portuguese Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, Augusto Santos Silva, on behalf of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will visit Bulgaria and North Macedonia on Friday, May 21, to discuss topics related to the EU enlargement process with the authorities of both countries, the European Commission’s press service announced on Thursday.
They will hold talks with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, as well as the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the new government, while later on the day they will travel to Skopje, where they will meet President Stevo Pendarovski, as well as Prime Minister Zoran Zaev together with Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The official launch of the accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia is a key priority for the EU and the first Intergovernmental Conferences with both countries should be organised as soon as possible after the adoption of the Negotiating Frameworks by the Council, European Commission said.
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