EC: Political interference not helpful

BRUSSELS - Reacting to Albanian PM Edi Rama's idea of Albania and Kosovo having a single president, the European Union said Monday that "statements which might be interpreted as political interference in neighboring countries are not helpful in building good-neighborly relations."

Instead, the EU expects the entire region to continue to "build constructive and cooperative relations and to focus and intensify the work on... respective reform programs to move forward on the EU integration path," European Commission (EC) spokeswoman Catherine Ray said.