The US government has issued a statement regarding the uncertainty about the start of pre-accession talks between Albania and North Macedonia with the European Union, following the failed EU-Western Balkans summit this week in Brussels.

For Washington, the credibility of the EU enlargement perspective is vital to the stability and prosperity of the Western Balkans.

“We believe that the credibility of the EU enlargement perspective is vital to the stability and prosperity of the Western Balkans,” the US State Department said.

They stressed that they continue to support the soonest possible start of EU membership negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania.

At the Western Balkans-EU summit yesterday in Brussels, Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski rejected the so-called French proposal in which the draft version of the opening of negotiations, bilateral issues between the two countries, North Macedonia and Bulgaria, are set as a condition in the negotiation process for our country membership in the Union.

/Klara Ruci/