German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for suspension of situation in the north

Chancellor Scholz made comments during a media conference with Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski in Berlin.

I think there's an agreement between two states that regulates basic relations between them and that should be based on understanding between them, and that should be implemented. From our views it is important to contribute to de-progression, and very soon elections can be held in Kosovo's majority Serb municipalities, to have strong voter turnout, and not just to be formal elections, but to be legitimate elected mayor”, Scholzi said at the joint news conference with Kovacevski.

There he encouraged political factors in northern Macedonia to approve constitutional changes to pave the way for the country towards faster EU integration.

As the German government's media report says, the term “states of the Western Balkans” has a political but geographical meaning. He reportedly joined the EU at the 1998 EU summit in Vienna and refers to those Balkan Peninsula states that are not yet members of the EU.

Therefore, besides Albania, successive Yugoslav states Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Northern Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia are currently counted among the states of the Western Balkans, but not Slovenia and Croatia, which joined the EU in 2004 and 2013 respectively.

Scholzi said that in November 2022, the Berlin process was given a new impetus with a summit in Berlin. He said some agreements have approached us with the goal of establishing a joint regional market. This year, we want to make progress here too. And I am very happy that the summit will take place in Tirana on October 16th and so for the first time in the country itself”, Scholz stressed.

He said the signal of a summit in the Western Balkans, especially given the current tensions between Kosovo and Serbia, is an important issue. “would be a welcome opportunity for Serbia and Kosovo to focus fully on normalising their relations, especially by implementing the Ohrid Agreement, in which Northern Macedonia played a crucial role as host to the” summit, the German Chancellor said, saying he welcomed the summit in Albania. /Klankosova. tv