The Prime Minister called on European countries not to neglect the region again, warning that the consequences would be greater than a simple political failure.
"Compared to European countries, we have an advantage because we still love the EU. That's not exactly the case with your countries, where the EU is more taken for granted, as if it were a benchmark."
While we are fully engaged. We debate many things here within our country. Every day we have the capacity to find reasons to disagree with each other, but we have agreed on one thing, that we want to be part of Europe.
"So we hope very much, I hope very much, that you will not leave us in the lurch again. Because at this time, if we are left in the lurch, it goes beyond leaving a country in the lurch, but it is leaving ourselves in the lurch. If Europe leaves the Western Balkans in the lurch, it will not be just a failure, but it will be the greatest failure," Rama said.