New York – Slovakia will help extra intensive cooperation with Western Balkan states to speed up their European integration, which they’ve been striving for 20 years. This was acknowledged by the Slovak International Minister Juraj Blanár after he held talks on Monday inside the UN Normal Meeting in New York with ministers from the casual group Associates of the Western Balkans. This was reported by the particular correspondent of TASR.
As Blanár recalled, this initiative additionally helped to carry Bosnia and Herzegovina nearer to EU membership. EU member states determined this March to open accession negotiations. In keeping with Blanár, Western Balkan states have to see an actual perspective of EU membership.
He additionally appreciated the approval of a brand new EU financial plan for the Western Balkan states amounting to 6 billion euros. In keeping with him, nonetheless, it is usually necessary that these nations meet the pre-accession situations. (September 23)
