Zaharijeva: Ratify demarcation

Bulgarian diplomacy chief Ekaterina Zaharijeva has declared there are external factors that have a strong influence on some countries in the Western Balkans.

The responsibility for this falls on the European Union, which has not been sufficiently committed to the region”, has declared the chief of Bulgarian diplomacy in its address to the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.

“The EU is not present enough with its impact on the Balkans. This is our fault. If we are not there, then, of course, someone else will be present with his strong influence that is not part of the European family, nor part of NATO”, she said.

Zaharjevo has confirmed that the Western Balkans will be the most important priority, as the region is important for the entire European continent.

“I strongly believe that there can be no stability and security in Europe without stability and security in the Western Balkans “, Zaharieva stressed.

As for Kosovo, Zaharijeva has underlined the fact that it is very important that EU institutions in Brussels determine clear Euro-integration goals for Kosovo.

It has underlined that Kosovo institutions should be aware of the necessity of implementing reforms, especially in the field of legal state, as well as the conditions they must meet.

“One of these conditions is ratification of demarcation with Montenegro” said Zaharijeva, which has ordered that “The EU will no longer accept new members those countries having bilateral problems open between neighbours”.