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Bulgaria, which holds the current EU Presidency, expressed its desire Monday to work with the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini to boost ties between the EU and the Middle East region. "We are working with the EEAS (European External Action Service) on relations with the Middle East.

BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini believes 2018 will be a crucial year for the Balkans.

Outlining 12 special moments in 2017 that she wants to bring with her in 2018, Mogherini wrote on her blog that "it was not an easy year in the Balkans."

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EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini thinks 2018 will be "a crucial year for the Balkans."

Writing on her website, federicamogherini.net, the EU official singled out "12 special moments marking 2017 that she brings with her into the new year."

Writing on her website, federicamogherini.net, the EU official singled out "12 special moments marking 2017 that she brings with her into the new year."

The third on the list - after "Relaunching our Union, starting with defense," and, "At work with Africa for migrants" - is "The Balkans' path towards our Union."

"It was not an easy year in the Balkans," Mogherini writes.

''The new year 2018 will be crucial for the Balkans in terms of European integration and the transformation of reforms into an irreversible process.'' This is what the EU diplomacy leader, Federica Mogherini, wrote in her blog.

BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini and the PMs of the Western Balkans Six will on Monday discuss the situation in the region and steps to be taken in 2018, European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic has announced.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic will pay a working visit to Brussels on Monday at the invitation of EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini, the Serbian government press office announced in a statement.

Brnabic will attend a working dinner hosted by Mogherini for the PMs of the Western Balkans Six, to also be attended by EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn.

This is according to a statement issued after Mogherini on Monday hosted an informal gathering with the prime ministers of the Western Balkans, that discussed "the situation in the region and in particular the opportunities to advance the regions European Union integration in 2018."

Brnabic was invited by EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy and European Commission Vice President Federica Mogherini.

She will be guest on a working evening that Mogherini organizes for prime ministers of the "Western Balkans Six".

EU Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn will also attend the working dinner.

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to expect EU states to follow the US in moving embassies to Jerusalem, EUObserver reported.