Geer: We Want Negotiations with Skopje and Tirana as Soon as Possible

EU Ambassador David Geer reaffirmed European Union’s position that they wishe the opening of negotiations for North Macedonia and Albania’s EU membership as soon as possible. “It is clear that we want to see the opening of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania as soon as possible. We welcome the efforts of Skopje and Sofia to resolve bilateral issues and we encourage them to continue. We hope that this will happen as soon as possible or during the French presidency,” said EU Ambassador Geer after addressing the conference “EU for Municipalities”, when asked to comment on the cancelled visit of Bulgarian Foreign Minister Teodora Genchovska to Skopje, which was announced for Wednesday and Thursday, and in the context of the enlargement process and the security connotation it gains with the crisis in Ukraine.