Prime Minister Edi Rama, while speaking after the informal meeting within the framework of the Berlin Summit to be held on October 16, the head of the government responded to journalists’ questions.

Rama stated that the informal meeting with the enlargement commissioner and the leaders of the Western Balkans confirms the support that the European Union is expected to provide for these countries.

“A new economic support plan for the Western Balkans is being prepared. That’s why we held this meeting about how the countries of the Western Balkans, how some paths of economic development can be opened for them without being integrated into the European Union”, Rama emphasized.

He added that currently it is not possible to talk about the concrete areas of financial support from the EU, but there is a clear signal in this direction against the Western Balkans.

“We cannot talk about concrete things yet because this plan is still under discussion. The President of the European Commission in Bratislava gave a clear signal about the objectives of this plan. While we are too early how much and why another country will receive. But we must see the region as a whole”, he emphasized.

The meeting with the prime ministers of the countries of the Western Balkans and the commissioner of the European Union for Enlargement was held within the framework of the Berlin Process Summit that will take place in Albania on October 16.

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