In the press remarks following the Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Gymnich) held in Toledo, Spain, High Representative of the Union Josep Borrell announced an upcoming Ministerial meeting together with the Western Balkans ministers, as well as high-level Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue on 14 September. He also supported the EU enlargement policy, stating that both Ukraine and the Western Balkans have to become members of the EU.

 Borrell added that, on 14 September, he would organise a new meeting of the High-Level Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia as facilitator of this Dialogue to look for solutions.“The issue of enlargement has been floating over our discussions. Ukraine has to become a member of the European Union. The Western Balkans also. Quickly”, Borrell said.

“So, it is more for them to be prepared, in particular Ukraine, that will need a lot of support,” he added.

“But it is also, for the European Union, in a horizon that at the same time represents the fulfillment of the conditions – otherwise, it will not happen – but proposing a horizon, a kind of ‘time target’, could mobilise our energies and the energies of the candidate countries”, Borrell concluded.