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Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The 28 member states of the European Union have agreed to a draft declaration prior to the EU-Western Balkans summit, which will be held on 17 May in Sofia, Bulgaria, thus exceeding internal differences, differences that concern the Republic of Kosovo primarily. The draft, which Radio Free Europe has seen, is [...]
The 28 member states of the European Union have agreed to a draft declaration prior to the EU-Western Balkans summit, which will be held on 17 May in Sofia, Bulgaria, thus exceeding internal differences, differences that concern the Republic of Kosovo primarily.
For the draft, which Radio Free Europe has seen, reconciliation has been found only last Thursday between EU ambassadors and will now be sent to the six Balkan countries that will participate in the summit; Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
Kosovo's presence at the summit has complicated the work of the draft in terms of five EU members who have not recognised Kosovo, Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain.
According to diplomats who have talked to Radio Free Europe, some of the five countries were unhappy that the document was called “declaration” and would prefer to be named “consumption of the Bulgarian presidency”, or produce a statement only on behalf of EU institutions and not even the six Balkan countries.
The six Balkan countries are not mentioned in a statement by names, but the scripture is referred only to as “parter”, instead of “states”, or “substitute”. All this to avoid complications presenting Kosovo's status for five non-recognitions.
