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Anadolu Agency (4 June 2026)

Ilayda Cakirtekin

'Pace of progress depends on Serbia's own resolve,' Costa says in Belgrade.

European Council President Antonio Costa said Thursday that the EU's enlargement to the Western Balkans (*) is the bloc's most important geopolitical investment as he spoke in Belgrade, the capital of candidate country Serbia.

"For us, the enlargement, namely to the Western Balkans (*), is the most important geopolitical investment that the European Union is doing," Costa said during a joint news briefing with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

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(*) AVİM considers the term "Western Balkans" to be a politically motivated separatist terminology and insists on the use of the geographical and historical identification "Balkans" regarding the region.