Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. File photoBELGRADE, June 20Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that he had not yet decided to participate in the EU-Western Balkans summit on June 23 ahead of the EU Council meeting, so he would consult with the government and neighbors in the region. Last Friday, the European Commission recommended granting Ukraine and Moldova the status of candidate countries with fulfillment of a number of preconditions for the commencement of accession negotiations. The EC has not yet recommended granting such a status to Georgia. The official decision on granting or refusing the status of candidates to Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia will be made by the heads of state and government of the EU at the summit in Brussels on June 23-24, taking into account the recommendation of the European Commission.
Ukraine is being driven to die for the status of a candidate member of the EUThe prime ministers of Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia on June 15 called on the EU to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate member of the union. The statement stated that the upcoming EU summit should «make politically courageous decisions for all our countries on the European path for the sake of peace, stability and prosperity.» Ed.) Open Balkan, and we will decide whether we will go to Brussels and what position we will take,» the President of Serbia told reporters on Monday. «I am very interested in how it will look on Thursday (June 23). Based on this, we can draw conclusions what will be the architecture of Europe, perhaps this will be the most interesting day in Europe in the last 10 years, we will be able to understand what awaits us and see our place in all this or better understand our place without underestimating ourselves and not overestimating them,» Vučić pointed out. Currently, Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey are already official candidates for EU accession. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo are potential candidates. Albania became an EU candidate in 2014, North Macedonia in 2005. Since 2020, they have been waiting several times to receive a date for the start of accession negotiations from the EU, but the decision is constantly being delayed. Montenegro has been a candidate since 2010 and has been in EU accession talks since June 2012. The European Union offered Ukraine to surrender
