EU, CEE and west Balkan officials meet on migration, enlargement

Record ID: 75267

  • Title: EU, CEE and west Balkan officials meet on migration, enlargement
  • Date: 29th November 2016
  • Summary: WARSAW, POLAND (‪NOVEMBER 29‬, 2016) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** EXTERIOR OF MEETING VENUE FOR OFFICIALS FROM VISEGRAD FOUR, EU AND WESTERN BALKANS FOREIGN MINISTERS OF POLAND, WITOLD WASZCZYKOWSKI, CZECH REPUBLIC, LUBOMIR ZAORALEK, SLOVAKIA, MIROSLAV LAJCAK, AND HUNGARY, PETER SHIJJARTO, SHAKING HANDS EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FOR SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, FEDERICA MOGHERINI, ARRIVING POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER, WITOLD WASZCZYKOWSKI, WELCOMES MOGHERINI DELEGATIONS OF V4 COUNTRIES (POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA) AND MONTENEGRO, SERBIA, MACEDONIA, ALBANIA, KOSOVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA DURING TALKS MOGHERINI AND WASZCZYKOWSKI DELEGATIONS OF V4 COUNTRIES AND WESTERN BALKANS COUNTRIES DURING TALKS MOGHERINI AND V4 FOREIGN MINISTERS ENTERING CONFERENCE ROOM (SOUNDBITE) (English) EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FOR SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, FEDERICA MOGHERINI, SAYING: "We have been already speeding up very much the process. Two years ago when we started we were in different place than we are today and if you look at each and every of the six countries, we have made impressive progress together." MOGHERINI SPEAKING AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FOR SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, FEDERICA MOGHERINI, SAYING: "And I count still on the Slovak presidency (in EU) to continue, to support us in finding and building consensus among the 28 member states in this last month of the presidency." MINISTERS LISTENING TO MOGHERINI JOURNALISTS SLOVAK FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER, WITOLD WASZCZYKOWSKI, SAYING: "Poland and Visegrad Group support the efforts of the Western Balkan countries for membership in European Union. The European integration process contributes to the security and development across the continent." PHOTOGRAPHERS MOGHERINI AND MINISTERS LEAVING CONFERENCE ROOM VARIOUS MOGHERINI AND DELEGATES OF V4 AND WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
  • Embargoed: 14th December 2016 15:14
  • Keywords: Visegrad 4 EU Mogherini expansion migration
  • Location: WARSAW, POLAND
  • City: WARSAW, POLAND
  • Country: Poland
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015AHZ4U1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Visegrad group countries Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary said they support the efforts of six western Balkan countries Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo to join the European Union at a meeting in Warsaw on Tuesday (November 29).
    The foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group as well as representatives of west Balkan countries and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini met to discuss EU enlargement and migration issues.
    "We have been already speeding up very much the process. Two years ago when we started we were in different place than we are today and if you look at each and every of the six countries, we have made impressive progress together," Mogherini said after the meeting.
    "And I count still on the Slovak presidency (in EU) to continue, to support us in finding and building consensus among the 28 member states in this last month of the presidency," she added.
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