Bled

US State Department official Hoyt Bryan Yee thinks that "integration and transformation" of the Western Balkans is in the interests of Brussels, and the region.

Speaking in Bled, Slovenia, he added that the readiness for this on the part of EU institutions is what is currently missing.

First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday that EU membership is one of Serbia's top foreign policy priorities.

Turkey's European Union membership accession talks will continue, said EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Monday, underlining Ankara's role as a partner in the region.

"We are continuing to talk with Turkey," Mogherini said in the northwestern Slovenian town of Bled, where she came for the 2017 Bled Strategic Forum.

Turkey's European Union membership accession talks will continue, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Sept. 4, underlining Ankara's role as a partner in the region.     
   
"We are continuing to talk with Turkey," Mogherini said in the northwestern Slovenian town of Bled, where she came for the 2017 Bled Strategic Forum.
        

Providing a high-level platform for discussion, the 12th Bled Strategic Forum will take place on 4 - 5 September 2017 and will address the challenges posed by the "New Reality".

BLED - EU membership remains a top foreign policy priority for Serbia, Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in Bled, Slovenia, on Tuesday.

EU membership remains one of the top foreign policy priority for Serbia, Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in Bled, Slovenia, on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic says Serbia will take in a portion of the migrants moving through Europe, although it is not yet an EU member state.

BLED - Slovenia's Prime Minister Miro Cerar has said that Serbia and Slovenia have good cooperation, but there are still many opportunities for taking it even further, especially at the economic level.

BELGRADE - The EU integration of the Western Balkans has had a crucial influence on improving regional cooperation and settling issues through dialogue, Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in Bled, Slovenia, on Tuesday.