{"id":15931,"date":"2021-06-18T13:40:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T11:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=15931"},"modified":"2021-06-18T13:40:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T11:40:31","slug":"albin-kurti-on-an-official-visit-to-vienna-for-the-western-balkans-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albin-kurti-on-an-official-visit-to-vienna-for-the-western-balkans-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Albin Kurti on an official visit to Vienna for the Western Balkans Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, leaders of the Western Balkan countries will meet in Vienna to attend the Western Balkans Summit.<\/p>\n<p>The event was organized by Chancellor of Austrian Sebastian Kurz who said on Twitter that among participants will also be: the EU Special Envoy at the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic, North Macedonia\u2019s PM Zoran Zaev, Montenegrin PM Zdravko Krivokapic, Infrastructure Minister Belinda Balluku and Zoran Tegeltija from Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n<p>Kurz underlined that the European Union \u201ccannot be complete\u201d without the Western Balkans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EU is not complete until all the Western Balkans have acceded. You can rely on our full support in the reforms required for this and in the fight against the pandemic. We will also emphasize this at today&#8217;s Western Balkans Summit\u201d, wrote the Austrian Chancellor on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Die <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU<\/a> ist erst vollst\u00e4ndig, wenn ihr alle Westbalkanstaaten beigetreten sind. Sie k\u00f6nnen sich dabei, bei den daf\u00fcr n\u00f6tigen Reformen sowie beim Kampf gegen die Pandemie auf unsere volle Unterst\u00fctzung verlassen. Das werden wir auch beim heutigen beim Westbalkan-Gipfel betonen.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sebastiankurz\/status\/1405779475397218304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he added that another topic that will be taken up is illegal migration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thank the Western Balkans and Greece for protecting the borders, which Austria also supports with police officers. At the Western Balkans Summit, we reaffirm the common fight against illegal migration. This is very important, especially before the coming summer\u201d, Kurz said.<\/p>\n<p>Western Balkans leaders met also last week in Tirana to discuss the Berlin process while, EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, reiterate the importance of regional cooperation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/10\/eu-commissioner-varhelyi-urges-regional-cooperation-reconfirms-e30-billion-investment\/\">EU Commissioner Varhelyi urges regional cooperation, reconfirms \u20ac30 billion investment<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/10\/tirana-hosts-summit-of-western-balkans-with-the-participation-of-state-leaders-and-eu-commissioner-varheyli\/\">Tirana hosts Summit of Western Balkans with the participation of state leaders and commissioner Varhelyi<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, leaders of the Western Balkan countries will meet in Vienna to attend the Western Balkans Summit. 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