EU's Tusk urges bloc to back talks with Balkan neighbours


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  • Wednesday, 18 Sep 2019

FILE PHOTO - EU Council President Donald Tusk arrives at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France August 24, 2019. Neil Hall/Pool via REUTERS

TIRANA (Reuters) - The European Union's outgoing president, Donald Tusk, on Tuesday urged the bloc's members to back entry talks with North Macedonia and Albania, saying they had lived up to their tasks and Europe would not be stable without the Balkans in the European Union.

Visiting Skopje and Tirana a month before EU members will decide whether to start talks, Tusk praised North Macedonia for resolving its old quarrel with Greece by accepting its new name, as well as for its friendship treaty with Bulgaria and ability to help Europe cope with one of the biggest migration crises.

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