ROME – Serbia’s and Albania’s EU membership is of strategic importance for the stabilization and security of the entire Western Balkans, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has said after meeting with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati in Rome.
Italy has always fought for the goal and will continue to play a major role in this regard, Gentiloni added, the Italian news agency Ansa reported on Friday. He said the two countries “membership in the EU” was a “strategic commitment” for the government in Rome, one stressed by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the end of Italy’s six-month EU presidency. Minister Ivica Dacic, who is on an official visit to Rome, took part in a three-way meeting between the Italian, Serbian and Albanian foreign ministers, and the three officials agreed that those talks would help stabilize relations between Belgrade and Tirana.
The trilateral meeting was organized at the initiative of Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, the Serbian Foreign Ministry said in a release on Friday. Dacic said at the meeting that efforts should be made to overcome differences and strengthen the dialogue and friendly relations between Serbia and Albania. We should focus on what brings us closer together, rather than on what drives us apart.
We are part of the same region and should be working towards joint projects, the Serbian foreign minister said. The three officials also discussed regional cooperation in the light of EU integration and Italy’s support to this process, the release said. Dacic and Gentiloni also held a separate meeting in which they discussed bilateral relations, promotion of economic cooperation and the priorities of Serbia’s OSCE chairmanship.
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