Possible meeting between Mogherini and Western Balkan prime minsters in December

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The European Commission is considering the possibility of a meeting between high-level foreign policy official, Federica Mogherini, and the prime minsters of the Western Balkans, in the second half of December.

The media in Serbia, citing sources in Brussels, report that the Western Balkan six include – Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia – and for now there is no announcement for a new round of talks between Belgrade-Pristina.

A possible date for the meeting is December 19, and topics would be regional cooperation and the European integration process, along with an overview of the reforms undertaken in 2018, which was announced as a breakthrough year for the enlargement process and the next steps on the path to the EU.

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