V4 back Albania's, North Macedonia's EU bids

The foreign ministers of the Visegard Group comprising Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland reiterated their support for the start of EU entry talks with Albania and North Macedonia at their meeting on Thursday, Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek said. The V4 had talks with six Western Balkans countries. European enlargement commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, who took part in the talks, said the enlargement by Balkan countries was in the EU's strategic interest.