Tivat – The leaders of the nations taking part within the Brdo-Brijuni initiative emphasised the significance of excellent neighborly relations in a joint declaration on the summit in Tivat, Montenegro. Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović highlighted Montenegro’s progress on its path to the EU, whereas Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar burdened that the EU’s enlargement to the Western Balkans ought to proceed sooner.
Within the joint doc adopted on the summit, the leaders of Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, BiH, North Macedonia, and Kosovo emphasised the significance of excellent neighborly relations and regional cooperation as key situations for the area’s stability and progress. Additionally they dedicated to additional reforms, strengthening the strategic dialogue with the EU, and implementing the Inexperienced Agenda for the Western Balkans.
Pirc Musar emphasised that Slovenia and Croatia are the nations that almost all fervently and intensely assist the accession technique of the Western Balkan nations. As she stated, Slovenia needs this course of to be sooner. “Our colleagues from the Western Balkan nations have advised us, and I settle for this criticism with nice duty, that the EU merely must do extra to make this course of sooner,” she stated.
Slovenia is subsequently working with Germany on an “extraordinarily vital challenge” of decision-making by certified majority in sure areas of overseas coverage within the EU Council, defined the Slovenian President.
The Brdo-Brijuni initiative was established in 2010 by the then Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor along with Croatian colleague Jadranka Kosor. The initiative’s goal is to strengthen mutual belief and help on the European path of the Western Balkan nations. (October 8)
