Western Balkan Foreign Ministers in Brussels, Nov.13 2023 (BETAPHOTO/European Council/SIERAKOWSKI FREDERIC)
Oliver Varhelyi, European commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy, said in Brussels on Nov. 13 that the European Commission was prepared to accelerate the integration of the Western Balkans into the European Union.
At a meeting of ministers of foreign or European affairs from EU member countries and the Western Balkan six, Varhelyi posted on the X social media platform that Slovenia, Austria and Croatia voiced strong support of the EC's annual reports on the region's countries and the new Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, adopted by the EC on Nov. 8.
"The integration of the Western Balkans is our common aim. This is about our common security, our stability, our prosperity. It is our common project to secure peace on our continent," Varhelyi's post read.
EU High Representative Josep Borrell hosted the EU-Western Balkans ministerial meeting. EU Integration Minister Tanja Miscevic attended representing Serbia.
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