Albania to Bosnia: Recognize Kosovo and we’ll support your NATO membership

Albania follows the open-door policy for countries seeking NATO membership, and this is true also for Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the meeting with his Bosnian counterpart Igor Crnadak, foreign minister Bushati urged the country to recognize Kosovo as an independent state.

Bushati asked his Bosnian counterpart to support Kosovo's membership in regional initiatives A5 and RACVIAC and its recognition as an independent state.

Both top diplomats also pledged to strengthen cooperation and relations between the two countries.

During the meeting, the two foreign ministers discussed bilateral cooperation with particular focus on economy and trade. They stressed the need to strengthen this cooperation and expansion of the legal framework with a new set of bilateral agreements.

Both ministers signed the "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Albania and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina on mutual movement of citizens with ID-es." /albeu.com/