Gerillas at Wachau Forum: I called for concrete actions to speed up European Union membership process

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Donika Grovalla has stayed in Austria, where she attended the group's “Western Balkan Ministers” meeting.

Through a report on the social network Facebook, Gervala has said, among other things, that the two panels have called for accelerating the process of membership in the European Union and the need for concrete action to maintain peace and stability in the Western Balkans.

“For counterparts from participating states, on two separate panels unveiled the positions of the Republic of Kosovo around security in Europe and the region, deep reforms undertaken to rule the law, raise the level of democracy and economic development, and called for accelerating the process of membership in the European Union, as well as the need for concrete actions to maintain peace and stability in the Western Balkans.” > has it said.

Gervala further has said it has refocused Kosovo's support for Ukraine.

We also discussed Russian aggression in Ukraine, highlighting Kosovo's unconditional support and solidarity for Ukraine”, it has written.

Slovenia's Foreign and European Affairs Minister Tanja Fajon has also said that membership of Western Balkan states in the European Union is “now or never”.

“The Western Balkan Friends' group, which exists for one year, is a good testimony that we should treat enlargement as a geostrategic imperative that needs political support. It's now or never”, Fajon said in her speech.

While Croatia's Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grliq Radman, who was participating in the European Union member states meeting “Western Balkan Ministers” held in Vienna, confirmed Croatia's support for Western Balkan countries on the road to membership in the European Union.

The Declaration was adopted in today's meeting, which aims to encourage neighbouring countries on the European road based on their achievements, affirming common values, rule of law and strengthening co-operation in the field of common foreign and security policy”, Radman said.