{"id":40818,"date":"2026-06-08T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/konakovic-mucunski-in-sarajevo-enlargement-remains-a-strategic-interest-for-the-western-balkans-and-the-eu\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T14:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:25:13","slug":"konakovic-mucunski-in-sarajevo-enlargement-remains-a-strategic-interest-for-the-western-balkans-and-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/konakovic-mucunski-in-sarajevo-enlargement-remains-a-strategic-interest-for-the-western-balkans-and-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Konakovic-Mucunski in Sarajevo: Enlargement remains a strategic interest for the Western Balkans and the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/thumbs_b_c_0e15f92a83f7cedf565e9fd686b8f4dc.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>The Macedonian diplomat emphasized that in the meeting they reaffirmed the excellent bilateral relations, continuous cooperation and constructive political dialogue between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Elmedin Konakovic, hosted the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of North Macedonia, Timco Mucunski in Sarajevo, reports Anadolu.<\/p>\n<p>In a post. on the American social platform X, the Macedonian chief diplomat emphasized that in the meeting they reaffirmed the excellent bilateral relations, ongoing cooperation and constructive political dialogue between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We discussed regional developments, European integration and the expansion of the European Union (EU), underlining that expansion remains a strategic interest for both the Western Balkans and the EU. We exchanged views on strengthening economic cooperation, with a focus on business engagement with business, the transport connection and the restoration of the direct Skopje-Sarajevo air line&#8221;, Mucunski wrote.<\/p>\n<p>According to the previous announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia, it was announced that during the visit, which is taking place at the invitation of Minister Konakovic, it is expected to confirm the excellent bilateral relations and continuous cooperation in areas of mutual interest.<\/p>\n<p>Also it was emphasized that the European perspective of the region and the EU integration process are expected to be discussed at the meeting.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Macedonian diplomat emphasized that in the meeting they reaffirmed the excellent bilateral relations, continuous cooperation and constructive political dialogue between the two countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Elmedin Konakovic, hosted the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of North Macedonia, Timco Mucunski in Sarajevo, reports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-balkans"],"views":10,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40820,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40818\/revisions\/40820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}