reported Al Jazeera<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\nThe six aspiring countries \u2013 Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia \u2013 have been quite committed to several years of reforms, said Scholz to lawmakers in Berlin on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonoring our commitment toward them is not only a matter of our credibility. Today more than ever, their integration is in our strategic interests\u201d, he said hinting at external influences from Russia.<\/p>\n
In April, Scholz called to accelerate the integration process for the six countries in face of growing threats brought by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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