Johannes Hahn warned EU member states that negative decision on the date of accession negotiations for North Macedonia and Albania affects opportunities in the region, B92 reports referring to Pristina-based Gazeta Blic.

European Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations Hahb believes that this would most affect the relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

EU Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn said in Helsinki that the positive outcome of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is of crucial importance for the European perspective of an entire Western Balkan region, RTS reports.

He urged Pristina authorities once again to revoke the tariffs on the goods from Serbia. “It is crucial that the tariffs are revoked because they are against the spirit of the Union. If it is about united market, there are neither tariffs nor customs. It must be done,” Hahn said.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said the importance of continuing Belgrade-Pristina dialogue was discussed today during her meeting with EU Enlargement and Neighbourly Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Radio kontakt plus reported. She also expressed a hope an initiative that would enable Pristina to reconsider its stances and turn towards the regional cooperation would emerge.

Political agreement in the Western Balkans should be rewarded, the European Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn said on Monday and called on the bloc’s foreign ministers to start accession talks with North Macedonia, the FoNet news agency reported.

Hahn added the move would be an essential signal to the whole region.

EU High Representative Federica Mogherini says in Brussels that yesterday's events show that the status quo between Serbia and Kosovo is not sustainable, reports portal B92, quoting Beta news agency.

At a press conference on the occasion of the presenting the annual EU package on the progress of the countries of the Western Balkans, Mogherini said that she hoped the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina would be soon restored and added that she was in constant contact with both sides.

The goal of the Western Balkans summit in Berlin is get the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue moving, European Commissioner Johannes Hahn told the German DPA news agency.

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister and first deputy PM Ivica Dacic is cautious while commenting on EU Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn's statement about the possibility of "a land swap" as part of a future Belgrade-Pristina agreement.

Dacic told Belgrade-based daily Blic that Pristina - who last November introduced 100 percent tariffs on goods from central Serbia, deadlocking the Kosovo dialogue - should make the first move.

European Commissioner Johannes Hahn said in Washington on Wednesday that the United States and European Union want to bring the Western Balkans into the EU.

Our shared goal on both sides of the Atlantic is to stabilize the region and bring all six Western Balkan countries into the EU based on established conditions. That’s in our geopolitical self-interest,” he wrote on his Twitter account from a meeting of the Atlantic Council.

Although European Commissioner Johannes Hahn yesterday said that he hopes for the soon continuation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, analysts from Belgrade do not share his optimism, writes Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.