Prime Minister Edi Rama at the Delphi Economic Forum, during a conversation with Alexis Papahelas, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Kathimerini", stated that the Western Balkans are not forgotten, on the contrary, they are at a favorable moment to join the EU.
"I don't think the Balkans are forgotten. I have the feeling that we are in the best of times. To be very clear, the Western Balkans are in the best of times, we are very close to the European Union," he said.
He further emphasized that the European Union has never been more aware of the importance of the region in global geopolitics.
"The EU has never been so aware of our importance in all geopolitics, we have a lot of visibility in many ways. In recent times it has become normal, but it has not been normal at all for us to talk and cooperate with each other."
"I want to remind you that we, the 6 leaders of the Western Balkans, sat around the same table only in 2014 in Berlin. No, we are not forgotten, we are in the best time we have ever lived," he said.
