France Fully Supports Name Agreement

France fully supports the implementation of the agreement reached by Greece and Macedonia over the latter’s name, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has conveyed to his interlocutors at the EU-Western Balkans Summit in London, as part of the Berlin Process. Minister Le Drian is representing the President of France at the summit of eight EU countries (Germany, Austria, Croatia, France, Italy, Poland, the UK) and six Western Balkan countries, reads a statement of a spokesperson of France’s Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. “The political dialogue established between the EU members and the Western Balkan countries, as well as the projects aimed at accelerating economic exchanges, supporting the youth and settling bilateral disputes, has contributed to sustainable stabilization, economic and social development and to bringing the region closer to Europe,” the French Minister has stated.