WASHINGTON, June  25  /ATA-MIA/- The US government has taken its position on the uncertainty surrounding the start of EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia following the failed EU-Western Balkans summit in Brussels.

“We see the credibility of the EU enlargement perspective as vital to the stability and prosperity of the Western Balkans,” a State Department spokesman is quoted as saying.

He stressed that the US should continue to support the opening of EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania as soon as possible.

During the EU-Western Balkans Summit, the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Dimitar Kovacevski, rejected the so-called French proposal, whereby the draft version for the opening of negotiations, bilateral issues between the two countries Macedonia and Bulgaria are set as a condition for the accession negotiation process of the country.//a.i/sm/