The heads of state of six Western Balkan countries that are seeking to join the European Union have urged the bloc to accelerate its enlargement process, saying that would contribute to regional stability.
Also present were Zoran Milanovic and Natasa Pirc Musar, presidents of Croatia and Slovenia respectively, two Western Balkan countries that have already joined the bloc.
The region was riven by wars in the 1990s, and ethnic tensions remain high — particularly between Serbia and Kosovo, a breakaway former Serbian province that declared independence in 2008.
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