Balkans on EU-U.S. summit agenda?

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says her country supports new EU missions, such as the one in Kosovo.

Izvor: Beta

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says her country supports new EU missions, such as the one in Kosovo. Americans also participate in the mission, dubbed EULEX. Balkans on EU-U.S. summit agenda? Clinton told reporters in Brussels on Friday, after a meeting with the EU ministerial troika, that the new Obama administration "wants a strong Europe and a strong partner". "We are determined to listen, advise and through agreement arrive at wise solutions to our common challenges," said she. On Thursday, during a NATO ministerial session, Clinton warned that "right now the Balkans is in danger of becoming a part of the forgotten past", to add that "it will not be allowed for unfinished business to remain there", considering "all that was done in the 1990s". American sources, Beta news agency reports, were not available for further clarification of this statement, while international diplomatic officials said all this is "much more a reflection of the policy of the former Bush administration… and likely of the influence of Daniel Fried, who will be present in the State Department for a short period, and who gave the tone to the Bush policy toward the Balkans". These officials, Beta says, think that the Obama administration is yet to clearly mark the directions of its Balkans policy, "while the EU, too, expects a different approach and closer positions". Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, whose country is currently holding the EU presidency, told a join news conference that Clinton had confirmed that U.S. President Barack Obama would attend the EU-U.S. summit in Prague in early April, where talks "will likely include the Balkans".

Balkans on EU-U.S. summit agenda?

Clinton told reporters in Brussels on Friday, after a meeting with the EU ministerial troika, that the new Obama administration "wants a strong Europe and a strong partner".

"We are determined to listen, advise and through agreement arrive at wise solutions to our common challenges," said she.

On Thursday, during a NATO ministerial session, Clinton warned that "right now the Balkans is in danger of becoming a part of the forgotten past", to add that "it will not be allowed for unfinished business to remain there", considering "all that was done in the 1990s".

American sources, Beta news agency reports, were not available for further clarification of this statement, while international diplomatic officials said all this is "much more a reflection of the policy of the former Bush administration… and likely of the influence of Daniel Fried, who will be present in the State Department for a short period, and who gave the tone to the Bush policy toward the Balkans".

These officials, Beta says, think that the Obama administration is yet to clearly mark the directions of its Balkans policy, "while the EU, too, expects a different approach and closer positions".

Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, whose country is currently holding the EU presidency, told a join news conference that Clinton had confirmed that U.S. President Barack Obama would attend the EU-U.S. summit in Prague in early April, where talks "will likely include the Balkans".

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