PMs of Western Balkans mainly focused on the process of European integration of regional countries, and enhancing economic cooperation between them

TIRANA - Prime Minister Edi Rama attended on Thursday the Sarajevo Summit, which was held in the light of European initiative for the Western Balkans with view to coordinating the efforts of countries in the region down the path to EU integration.

The summit brought together PMs of the Western Balkans countries aspiring to join the EU, namely PMs of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania.

The focus of attention were the Euro-integration processes of the regional countries, the progress in regional cooperation through different projects in economy, transport, energy and infrastructure.

The summit is held in the run-up to the regular summit of Western Balkans countries and EU representatives in Trieste, which is in continuity of the Berlin Process.

At the conclusion, the participants agreed on ongoing economic cooperation of the Western Balkans countries as well s the opportunity for a creating a common market, including movement of goods, services and capital, free movement of qualified labor force as well as a dynamic investment space.

They also agreed on encouragement of business and promotion of investments at the level of small and medium-sized enterprises. The participants proposed that representatives of participating countries along with the Council for Regional Cooperation and with support of European Commission start working out a proposal for a joint approach to further economic cooperation in the Western Balkans through different initiatives that will be outlined in the Trieste summit.

Meantime, regional media commented on a dinner among the PMs on Wednesday night, where Serbian and Kosovo PMs Vucic, Mustafa, and Albanian PM Rama met face to face and there was an increasingly strong verbal confrontation between Vucic and Mustafa.

Index reported that the atmosphere was "extremely tense, at times even very unpleasant, so at times it seemed that some of the participants would leave the restaurant," as quoted by Tanjug.

Tanjug reported that the dinner in Sarajevo went in a "tense" atmosphere, and that Vucic "addressed" Mustafa.

According to the agency, Vucic "did not miss the opportunity" to ask Mustafa on what Pristina based its decision to seize Serbian property in the province.

According to unofficial information, Vucic asked Mustafa whether he "made the decision on his own, or with someone's consent."