Kosovo’s Minister for Dialogue, Edita Tahiri, said during her speech at the European Countries Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committees Summit that Russia is trying to impact negatively in the region. “In addition to the internal agenda of the countries of the region, we are also dealing with some geopolitical ambitions. Here I am speaking about Russia, which has openly expressed ambitions to increase impact in the region. Therefore, we have to increase our cooperation to show that our region is Euro-Atlantic,” Tahiri said.

She added that Balkans countries should cooperate more with the U.S. especially with the new American administration. “NATO is the only security institution in the entire world and these factors are essential for Balkans,” Tahiri said. She also added that Balkans needs strengthening of presence and support of the Euro-Atlantic Block, in order to send message to the negative effectors.