Foreign relations of Croatia

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According to the Serbian government, Keefe "delivered a letter of invitation from British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to attend the upcoming Western Balkans Summit."

Connectivity among the Western Balkan countries will be the main topic of the EU-Western Balkans summit in Sofia on May 17, according to the Montenegrin government's platform, which BIRN has seen.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini addressed reporters ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council to announce that this will be "a chance with to exchange views on how to better work with our partners in the Western Balkans for our common security and prosperity."

The gathering is held in Sarajevo, and hosted by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia-Herzegovina Igor Crnadak, the Serbian government has announced.

Former Bosnian Army and Croatian Defence Council troops called on MPs to respond to their demands for benefits for unemployed veterans and a proper unified register of those who fought in the 1992-95 war.

European Union foreign ministers disagreed on Thursday over a proposal by the bloc's executive to push for expansion into the Western Balkans, a region still scarred by ethnic wars fought in the 1990s and dogged by a reputation for lawlessness.

EU's new strategy "holds out the prospect that two countries could 'potentially' be ready to join the EU by 2025."

These are Serbia and Montenegro, writes the website Politico, in a piece dedicated to EU's enlargement strategy for the Western Balkans, unveiled on Tuesday.

VIENNA - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Friday he would continue to support Serbia and all other Western Balkan countries on the EU path and that this would be one of the priorities of Vienna's EU presidency in the second half of this year.

The EU will "hold out the prospect of membership" to "six Western Balkan countries," writes the Financial Times.

They are Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, but also the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo.