EXTERNAL ACTION / Western balkans

EU Foreign Ministers call for more political engagement with region

Brussels, 10/05/2021 (Agence Europe)

European Foreign Ministers agreed on Monday 10 May that the partnership between the EU and the Western Balkan countries should be more political and strategic.

“We need to engage more with the countries of the Western Balkans”, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Policy and Security Affairs Josep Borrell told the media after the Foreign Affairs Council’s first discussion on the subject in 2 years.

He said the ministers agreed that the region plays a “key geostrategic...