The leaders of the EU and Western Balkan countries underlined, on Tuesday 6 December in Tirana, their willingness to move closer together, against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.
The host of the day, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, said that holding a summit in one of the Balkan countries was an “incredible sign of recognition that nowadays the EU needs the Balkans as much as the Balkans need the EU”.
In the Tirana declaration, the leaders underline the importance of the...