{"id":38787,"date":"2022-06-22T13:27:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T11:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=38787"},"modified":"2022-06-22T13:49:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T11:49:23","slug":"rama-confirms-attendance-at-eu-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rama-confirms-attendance-at-eu-council-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Rama, Vucic, Kovacevski confirm attendance at EU Council meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Edi Rama confirmed on Wednesday that he\u2019ll be attending the EU Council meeting.<\/p>\n<p>In a post shared on Twitter, the head of the Albanian government said the Western Balkan leaders\u2019 will hear out the French proposal about the creation of a New European Political Community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019ll attend the EU Council meeting. There won\u2019t be much to hear about us but we\u2019ll ask to be heard on the idea of a New European Political Community which we support,on the Open Balkan which takes forward the spirit of Europe &amp; on our kidnapping from Bulgaria which destroys it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edi Rama (@ediramaal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ediramaal\/status\/1539551553706930176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After a boycott warning, President Aleksandar Vucic also confirmed attendance, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.rs\/srbija\/politika\/52869\/doneta-odluka-drzave-otvorenog-balkana-prisustvovace-samitu-eu-zapadni-balkan\/vest\">reported Euronews Serbia<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement released by the President\u2019s Office, the decision was made after consultations with Rama and North Macedonia\u2019s Kovacevski.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After detailed and comprehensive consultations with associates and members of governments, the leaders of the three countries decided to go to the summit together, and agreed on principles that will be the main backbone of talks with numerous EU officials&#8221;, the Serbian presidency said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Kovacevski <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Dimitar.Kovachevski\">took it to Facebook<\/a><\/strong> to confirm that he&#8217;ll be attending the meeting &#8216;to reaffirm the position that North Macedonia, Albania, and Serbia have a European future&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria signaled good news this Wednesday about the possibility of lifting the veto against North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p>Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced he will vote in favor of opening accession negotiations with Skopje.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2022\/06\/22\/bulgarias-borisov-gives-green-light-for-eu-negotiations-with-albania-n-macedonia\/\">Bulgaria\u2019s Borisov gives green light for EU negotiations with Albania, N. 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There won\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":38791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[270,945,1350,1649,1418,150,151,477,787],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rama, Vucic, Kovacevski confirm attendance at EU Council meeting - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rama-confirms-attendance-at-eu-council-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rama, Vucic, Kovacevski confirm attendance at EU Council meeting - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime Minister Edi Rama confirmed on Wednesday that he\u2019ll be attending the EU Council meeting. 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