, because europe without the western balkans is not complete. and we have proven, especially north macedonia, by aligning ourforeign policy 100% with the european union, that we belong in the european union. making these decisions and starting the negotiations onjuly 19th is proving that european union is a reliable partner with whom we started the negotiations and where we will progress in our negotiations. i'm interested in north macedonia's stance on ukraine, because you have neighbours, for example serbia, which have a traditionally warm relationship with moscow, other neighbors like bulgaria and greece, which are heavily reliant on russian energy and for one reason or another appear to be perhaps dragging their feet to a certain extent on some of the sanctions against moscow, but you here in north macedonia have been strong in your condemnation of putin, strong in your determination to assist ukraine with weapons. why do you see it as so much in your interest to be so strong in support of kyiv? the answer is exactly in your question. ukrain

arkell from cost of our, our, please our can you give us more details on what you discussed on western balkans, especially with regards still corporation with european union 1st of all of the western vulcans, it's a region in europe where the european union nato are working very closely together . and of course we work together in the, in boston to go of not where an innate to supports that you lead operational fe. we all that work hard for an extension of the young man that for the operation on the nato headquarters in saudi i was working closely with the e u, a personnel on the you, if offices on those operational t i invoice needs to go over. all nate though, of course, has a long history and in the western wilkins we helped to end to brutal wards, 1st one in boston. so of and then because of all a we have our presence that came from mission impossible. alice are committed to, to continue to contribute forces to were made some new nouns, meds from some countries to step up support for our k for mission. and we have seen increase tensions in, in kosovo, not least 3rd elected to this license

to continue to provide support to ukraine please comment on what was discussed regarding the western balkans, in particular regarding cooperation with the european union of europe, where the eu and nato cooperate very closely together in bosnia and duchy, for example, supports the cooperation conducted by the eu there. nato closely cooperates with the personnel of the eu, in particular, in the eighth coat of arms of this fault, we see that nato has a great history on the western volcanoes, and nato helped to end two major wars, in particular, in kosovo, it continues to provide assistance, in particular, there is a certain mission that is allocated, which should work in the western balkans, everyone also saw how nato troops support the efforts of european diplomats in order to increase progress in the necessary diplomatic dialogue, we have two new two new members, this is montenegro. political and duchy regarding joining the alliance, how close are we to joining nato? it's a fable, and herzegovina is a country that is on the way to nato membership. so we will continue all the efforts of this

you posted on facebook that peace and security in the western balkans have never been more threatened. what made you say that? first of all, serbia was historically client regime of kremlin. and. busy with the unjustified russian invasion and military aggression, you can, we have seen this by the increasing popularity and admiration in serbia by despotic president. secondly, serbia has been investing in its military equipment by getting new argument from our bellows, from russian federation and from china, including joint military activities, namely out of 91 which were planned last year. they have exercises 104. so we have exceeded their plan of military cooperation in joint military activities with russian federation. and they have $48.00 for work opperation basis around board over $28.00 of them being military and 20 of those of gender media. no crime was the prime minister that they intended to use them. and in any case, you have 3 nato countries on your border. and then they tell a peacekeeping force on your territory. so what is exactly the threat that you've been talking about?

increase in inflammatory rhetoric in particular the statements about war and conflict and the western balkans are of great concern and it also called on you to stop the dangerous statements and act responsibly. do you recognize that your words were irresponsible? of course not. i was just pointing at the facts. for example, energy sector in serbia is dominated by gospel which phones 56 percent of fears in gas in the oil industry. are serbia, likewise and gas from all of the majority of shares in the largest a gas storage install police in europe, in the voting with the united serbia? then the regional base of sputnik openly is in belgrade in nice, which is 100 miles far away from enough. they have the so called the russian humanitarian center with dozens of spies and agents in it and the time. and again, they say that it is not the 1st time that the law in 1099, meaning that they will plan to return it at some point when the window of opportunity will be convenient for them. so i just point out to their declination until the facts on the ground. so it is not only about software tensions, it's

, we understand that the number of military troops in the western balkans has increased, especially when we are talking about macedonia , north macedonia and montenegro, so nato helped to end two brutal wars in the balkans, it is worth mentioning our help in kosovo and in sarajevo, i will not say much about whether the mandate of the mission will be renewed. i want to say that no one is interested we have not renewed it, we understand that the presence of the eu and the assistance of nato is an auxiliary factor for overcoming the challenges that bosnia is currently facing. of course, the duchy has many different fears regarding the presence of nato troops, the international presence in bosnia may worsen the situation , secretary, and we constantly hear nuclear narrative, the threat of nuclear blackmail from russia, and we understand that nato is now assessing this entire nuclear situation, so i have a question: what is your assessment of the nuclear risk and whether this risk should increase are you ready people carry your turbines ready for any threat for any attack on any nato all

in our final session today, allah is focused on nato's missions, on abrasions from the western balkans to iraq. we were joined by the ear height absent the but l. in the more unpredictable world it is important to strengthen and deep and nate the ear corporation. and i look forward to signing a new joint declaration with your presence in the near future in boss now. and that's the governor need to continues to support that you lead operational veil and in kosovo. naples, k for mission maintains the safe and secure environment in line with you and mandate. in recent months, we have see intentions flare up on multiple occasions. all parties must behave responsibly showed a strength and avoid violence. the if i say that the facilitate, the dialogue between bell got on pushed now is the only way forward, and k for stands for them to intervene if required in their arch. nate to remains committed to robert cheney mission, helping the security forces to suppress terrorism. they thought remains strong and vigilant. red is in face and if it from and the direction from without i'm ready to take

provide assistance in particular there is a certain mission that is allocated to work in the western balkans . the necessary diplomatic dialogues recently two new members are montenegro and therefore in fact the relations in this region are only individuals..." to continue all efforts of this country to join the option we work support and we understand that bosnia and herzegovina must decide for themselves whether they want to join nato or not . when it is decided, more than 30 nato members must decide whether they are also not against it. each country has the right to choose its own path. because therefore, if a country decides to keep neutrality, we will respect such a choice. and the last question of the representative of poland is the risk of a new provocation on the border between poland and lithuania and belarus and what will be the reaction of nato if russia carries out another provocation when the invasions began nato was ready thanks to all the intelligence we received and we knew that big tuesday was being prepared, we shared this information with the general public last fall, so w

. influence among the candidates for the acceptance of the ukrainian-moldovan ukraine of the western balkansovided that the criteria necessary for admission are met. i support the expansion of the european union, its expansion to the east will become an advantage for all of us, of course, the candidate countries must meet the accession criteria, we support them on this path of expansion , the unification of europe is not the only change that schulz proposes. to avoid a situation when one state blocks important decisions supported by all other eu members, the need to simplify the decision-making process was realized by the europeans after russia's attack on ukraine during the discussion of energy sanctions against moscow, hungary threatened to exercise its right of veto in order to obtain exemption from the oil barge official budapest. by the way, he has already stated that he is categorically against changing the voting procedure. this weekend, not only chancellor schultz made political statements, but also his partners in the green coalition this political force held a large party congress

leaders from the candidate countries ukraine, the western balkans and turkey also joined the eps, ass norway, switzerland, and so on. britain wants to join the new political format. it is more important to hold the next lustras summit. the prime minister of great britain offers great britain a new venue for the meeting. this is very important, because the first meeting will also be dedicated to namely russia's war in ukraine and energy security kostyantyn moshovets, a military expert, i welcome you in general, these are new formats, new formations, new alliances , but today there were reports that the countries of the european union and nato will form a military-industrial union, another new one, which will face and counter new challenges, but first of all, we mean the russian federation, as far as they can be hypothetically effective and where ukraine will be in these unions and formations, well , look at the beginning of this war, the system of international cooperation, primarily in the military-political sense. i mean, it was practically reformatted. why, because it was based on

for instance, those in the western balkans who have been waiting for decades to joined the european union and they fear now that this event, this community could be a consolation prize for then of course, as mentioned in the report that are other countries, they don't have any aspirations to join the union, the u. k. left the european union and they are also very cautious. they do not like this title, european community. and still we have to say that the fact that more than 40 leaders will be here today. it's very telling, it's showing that there is a huge interest in such a platform. so given all those question marks under huge interests, what does this to they summit actually hoped to achieve? well, actually, the goal here is to have this event in the 1st place. as one, a diplomat put it, it, sir, to about bringing leaders on equal footing to foster a political dialogue. and of course, when we see what sir, challenges at the continent is facing, it is important. there is a war raging in ukraine award that has an impact on every, almost every aspect of our lives. so the fact that despite

join the european union, among them ukraine, moldova, georgia, for example, the countries of the western balkans to be part of the european union and say that this political community is european, it should not be a substitute for membership of the european union, it is not some kind of surrogate membership, you will not be members click on the european community, no, they are talking about the fact that we will participate in the european community, but we want to join the european union, therefore, the european integration of ukraine remains on the agenda and also which the european union does not strive for, for example, it is turkey, or there are other annexes that are simply physically located in europe or what is their territory in europe, so this is an initiative, as i said to macron, but it is already went beyond these broad boundaries, as he said, because the role of borel, the head of european diplomacy, today in prague said so that the current inaugural, the very first of this european political community, says that russia is isolated, that it still has a presidency there is no place

and, if the countries of the so-called western balkans are just uh, serbia of the herzegovina era.big open question, and given the same policy, how ready is serbia to become part of this bacchanalia. otherwise call it impossible. and turkey, which is over a heap of forest, sought the european union. yes, she perceives the situation more likely today. so let the european union join turkey, than turkey turned over into the composition, the united states of europe is a thought, uh, that has existed in europe for a long time. it arose a long time ago, but is it realizable in the current conditions ? maybe? it was possible and necessary to say, when europe was a symbol of prosperity and stability, when it received enough gas at normal prices through the nord stream, when there were normal relations between russia and the european union, and when in germany there was industry, but then when it did not run away to the united states of america from this situation, then when the peace fund europe is associated with the war, it completely associates with you poland the dove of peace, this ar

problem now is but or if you wants to continue to expand are a baby it would be easier in the western bar balkans because we are small entries. but now, are they promised to earn more do crane or to be part of the you? and i think this is a big illusion, because if you crane enters you, actually it's wheeler than doing the negotiations before last month. this will arise, the stakes about her, her power rivalry, b u and ukraine will make explode the budget. and again, a push of a center of gravity will be you east on is not gonna please oh for france or italy or spain. so i think is totally unrealistic. but to or before the course, usually we are going up to a lot of money to we're east to ukraine and at the same time. but you cannot to cool monet for example, to we're a southern mediterranean arc of crisis where french interest lies on v vi. sweet research in a growing from could german rivalry between e. oh, what we thing by now across european city, they've protests on the streets over the energy crisis, among other things and disagreements as well among the member states of the ethan. how unit

we were joined _ western balkans to iraq. we were joined by— western balkans to iraq. remains a safe and secure environment in the line with its un _ secure environment in the line with its un mandate. in recent months, we have seen— its un mandate. in recent months, we have seen tensions flare up on multiple — have seen tensions flare up on multiple occasions, all parties must behave _ multiple occasions, all parties must behave responsibly, show restraint and avoid _ behave responsibly, show restraint and avoid violence. the eu facilitated dialogue between... is to only— facilitated dialogue between... is to only push forward and to intervene only if required. in iraq, nato _ intervene only if required. in iraq, nato remains committed to a training mission _ nato remains committed to a training mission helping to suppress terrorism. nato remains strong and vigilant. _ terrorism. nato remains strong and vigilant, ready to face any threat from _ vigilant, ready to face any threat from any— vigilant, ready to face any threat from any direction. and with that i'm from an

no, i just went into battle with her in the western balkans, and everywhere you can see traces of russian disinformation of their interference in the affairs of the republic of serbian affairs of bosnia and herzegovina and they continue to fight in this, they are active in both serbia and croatia, we know that and in the baltics are concerned about the russian invasion. we heard that albania is also concerned about what is happening. we must work on this now, because it is in the interests of both our allies and the national interest the creator of, for example, tesla, with one post on twitter, as they now write on the internet, brought the whole of ukraine into a near-earth orbit in the sense that in ukraine the hysterical musk proposed a personal plan to stop ukrainian war in terms of three points the first is to re- hold a referendum in the liberated territories. but now he is under control and if the referendums confirm the will of the people, let it be russia the second to recognize crimea as part of russia, since elon musk himself writes about this too, the peninsula was russian, st

let's look back in your comparison and how the western media justified nato stripes on the balkans in the 1990 is calling them a door to peace with joe biden. at the time being one of the loudest voices for quote, bringing the sons to heal. i was suggesting we bomb belgrade. i was suggesting that we send american pilots in and blow up the bridges on the drain. and i was suggesting, we take out his oil supplies, we will continue to impose costs on rush reports, aggression, hold prudent in russia accountable for its atrocities and war crimes. and provide the support necessary for ukraine forces to defend their country and their freedom . defending the freedom of albanians and cause it was the explanation from the west for nato's bombing of serbia in 190909. look at these pitches the intervention which did not have the approval of the un loss of $78.00 days. that left parts of the country and ruin nato forces hit a serbian tv channel, the while us bomb struck the chinese embassy in belgrade, killing 3 journalists of asia. even if he was nato of a gross violation of international law and

let's look back at how the western media justified nato stripes on the balkans in the ninety's calling them a daughter piece. joe biden, at the time being one of the loudest voices for quote, bringing the serbs to heal. i was suggesting we bomb belgrade. i was suggesting that we send american pilots in and blow up the bridges on the drain. and i was suggesting, we take out his oil supplies, we will continue to impose costs on russia for its aggression hold prudent and russia accountable for its atrocities and war crimes. and provide the support necessary for ukraine forces to defend their country and their freedom. defending the freedom of albanians and cause of that was the explanation from the west and nato's bombing of serbia. in $19909.00 at the intervention which did not have the approval of the un lost. it was $78.00 days left. some of the country and ruin a net force is here to serve in the tv station, while us bombs struck the chinese embassy in belgrade, killing free journalists. a patient actually accused nato of a gross violation of international law and the killing of a num

let's take a look back at how western media portrayed the native bombardment in the balkans in the 990 is calling them due to peace. joe biden was one of the most outspoken at the time for bringing the serbs to heal. i was suggesting we bomb belgrade. i was suggesting that we send american pilots in an blow up all the bridges on the drain. i was suggesting we take out his royal supplies. we will continue to impose costs on russia for its aggression hold prudent in russia accountable for its atrocities and war crimes. and provide the support necessary for ukraine forces to defend their country and their freedom to finding the freedom of albanians in kosovo was the explanation from the west. the natives bombing of yugoslavia. in 1999, the internationally sh did not have the approval of the un lawsuit for 70 days and left the country in ruins. nato forces decimated to serve in t v, sage, and claiming it to be a legitimate target and killing 16 journalists. 3 more were killed in the chinese embassy when it was directly struck by us. precision guided bombs. however, that didn't start washin

western curators. he observers had serious questions. i knew that we have serbia there in the balkans.e were bombed ninety-ninth year. this is from hymers running nato to do all week. every day, during and after the end of the voting, the kherson region was under rocket attacks, as if in retaliation for the fact that people decided to express their opinion, the nazi regime committed brutal murders, hit administrative buildings, educational institutions, hotels, residential buildings and civilian crossings , the blow was once again applied to the barge, on which trucks with food and fuel are transported from the other side of the bottom of the rights, kherson after it was the antonovsky bridge was seriously damaged, this is the only way to deliver food to the city. you understand the desire of official kiev to thwart the holding of a referendum by the leadership of the region has strengthened security measures, and this has borne fruit. russian security forces detained an american spotter. sky rockets, the action of which led to the death of two people and the injury of four, did this w

neighboring us from our region, you can say from the balkan region there are no european countries there yet. i would say yes, while there is no westerne have such a cautious statement by secretary general stvaltenberg, who spoke about the fact that nato's doors are open. well, he can't say more, actually, because it will be decided by the member states. statement further , it is, let’s say, american, where uh, he just said the same way that it’s not on time, other parts are needed , because it seems to me that they were still a little uh, uh, drowned, so to speak, out of the blue, for a while there was talk of the possibility that at some point there situations we will submit this application and suddenly we have made it. i think a certain time will pass and our western partners will simply have nowhere to go, let's say it so simply in simple language. the more that i will repeat, well, you understand, de facto we are already working like nato to talk about standards eh the war gave an answer to all these standards for the compliance of uh, i mean ukraine, of the ukrainian armed forces with the nato standard, that is, today it is rea

eliminate russian influence in the balkans, that russia is allegedly going on a diplomatic offensive policy there, in general, the presence of any, i emphasize any not western centers of power in the balkans, whether it be turkey, china or, of course, russia for the west is definitely bad. here and but the reason for the intensification of such conversations was the recent visit to moscow and the president of the serbian republic. it is part of bosnia and herzegovina milorada dozica. and so. listen to what a very well-known american figure, the former commander in chief, wrote in this connection. admiral stavridis of russia is trying to undermine democracies across europe by channeling funds and supporting far-right groups and propaganda operations. especially fertile ground for putin was found in the balkans, where he promotes his idea of ​​​​nato's desire to oppress the russian slavic eastern christian world, the center of this activity has become serbia, the main remaining states from yugoslavia, which are not a member of nato despite the political difficulties in bosnia and herzegovina putin continues seek support. last month. he hosted milord dodik of

western curators. he observers had serious questions. we have serbia there in the balkans. vote was under rocket attacks as if in retaliation for the fact that people dared to express their opinion the nazi regime committed brutal murders hit administrative buildings in educational institutions hotels, residential buildings and civilian crossings were once again hit by a barge that transports trucks with food and fuel from the other side of the dnieper to kherson after the antonov bridge was seriously damaged, this is the only way to deliver food to the city, understanding the desire of the official kiev to disrupt the holding of a referendum, the leadership of the region has strengthened security measures. and it paid off. russian security forces. an american missile spotter was detained, an action that led to killing two people and injuring four did it with the help of a map. google marked this house from the movie of his messenger. after that, a few days later, a blow was struck at this house , which ensured the free expression of will of the inhabitants of kherson regio