Greece, Austria's letter to EU for Balkans

Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas and Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger stressed in a joint letter addressed to the European Union's Foreign minister Catherine Ashton and all their European counterparts that "Greece and Austria, neighbouring countries from the north and south to the countries of the Western Balkans, are observing the developments with special interest and note the progress achieved in past years, since these countries have adopted the European agenda.

However, the political, economic and social problems remain and many doubts are being expressed about the European perspective of the Western Balkans."

The two ministers pointed out that a "new momentum is required now to make more effective the political messages that will be sent."...

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