TIRANA, April 14 /ATA/ – The President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, has praised Albania’s encouraging progress on the path to the European Union membership.
In a press statement after meeting with Prime Minister Edi Rama, on a visit to Brussels for the fourth Intergovernmental Conference with the EU, Costa said that the “bloc’s enlargement to the Western Balkans is a clear priority for the EU and a crucial geostrategic investment in peace, prosperity and stability in our continent.”
“We are opening another Cluster of accession negotiations and it is our ambition to launch more chapters in the course of this year, because a concrete agenda is in place and we want to deliver. This is very important for the EU and Albania and it is a very important sign for the region, because the region’s EU membership is the best way to ensure prosperity, peace and stability in the Western Balkans,” Costa underlined.
The President of the European Council also announced that he plans to visit the six Western Balkan countries by mid-May.
“I will personally visit the six Western Balkan countries in mid-May to enhance cooperation and our shared effort to deliver good membership results,” Costa stated, adding that his Balkan trip will offer a good opportunity to further discuss at the European Political Community summit in Tirana, due on May 16.
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