Scholz kicks off his first visit to the Balkans today

2022-06-10 07:44:00Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Scholz kicks off his first visit to the Balkans today
Olaf Scholz

Today Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz will embark on a two-day trip to Southeast Europe.  

The stations are the capitals Prishtina (Kosovo), Belgrade (Serbia), Skopje (Northern Macedonia) and Sofia (Bulgaria) as well as the metropolis of northern Greece Thessaloniki.

The focus of his talks there will be on bringing the Western Balkan countries closer to the EU, German government deputy spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann said in Berlin on Wednesday.

From the Federal Government's point of view, the EU perspective is important not only for security in the region, but for the EU as a whole. But the EU enlargement process has so far failed - not only because of internal inconsistencies in the EU, but also because of unresolved issues in the region itself.

The importance of the region for security in Europe is evident from the first stop of the German Chancellor in Pristina.

On June 22, 2022, the German Bundestag will vote on the extension of the mandate for German participation in the KFOR defense force, which has ensured peace there since the end of the war in Kosovo in 1999.

During his visit, Olaf Scholz will also visit the Bundeswehr soldiers stationed there. 


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