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North Macedonia, Albania get green light for EU membership talks
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Mar 26, 2020 11:05am |
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| Author | Jacopo Barigazzi |
| News Date | Tuesday, March 24, 2020 07:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | EU foreign ministers gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for North Macedonia and Albania to begin talks to join the bloc, overcoming years of tension between member countries over the issue.
The decision, made by videoconference due to the coronavirus pandemic, means the two Balkan nations will be the first countries to begin EU membership negotiations since Serbia started on the same path in 2014.
Ministers presented the decision as proof that the 27-member bloc could reach agreement on a topic that had long been divisive, even as Europe is in the grip of the coronavirus crisis.
"The EU remains operational," Andreja Metelko-Zgombić, Croatia's secretary of state for European affairs, declared in a video press conference after the meeting.
North Macedonia's Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said the fact that "the EU found the will, the energy and strength" to make the decision "during these trying times is a very important signal for us." |
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