EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini's informal dinner with prime ministers of the Western Balkan Six was held in Brussels late on Wednesday.

All present confirmed their full commitment to continue working for the European Union integration process, as confirmed by the EU at the March 2017 European Council, a statement published on the EEAS website said.

The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, will meet on 24 May for a working dinner six Western Balkans leaders. Media in Brussels report that the intention of this informal meeting is to discuss the situation in the region.

Increased U.S. and European engagement in the Western Balkans will be critical to countering an increasingly assertive Russian in the region, Republican Arizona Senator John McCain told VOA Wednesday.

McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made the comments shortly after returning from a tour of the region, which included a stop in Montenegro, whose U.S.-backed accession to NATO has been vigorously opposed by Russia.

Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati, who is visiting Washington, says that his country has "the most developed democracy in the Western Balkans."

In addition, Bushati says that Albania is "a bastion against Russia's influence in Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia and Croatia."

The European Union has said that "political interference undermines the consolidation of good neighborly relations."

This was the organization's reaction to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama saying that "a union" between Albania and Kosovo "cannot be ruled out" if EU membership prospects for the region fade.

The head of the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija says that "nobody should play with attempting to revive the fascist idea of a Greater Albania."

Marko Djuric in this way responded to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, who said that he could not rule out the possibility of "a union between Albania and Kosovo" - if EU membership prospects for the Western Balkans fade.

Serbia’s president-elect on his critics, Merkel and the outlook for the region.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić sat down with POLITICO on Wednesday for his first extensive interview since winning his country’s presidential election in a landslide.

Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, has travelled to Bosnia and Herzegovina where he is expected to take part in the summit of Western Balkans prime ministers. The summit, known as Western Balkan 6, will focus on the region’s integration process and cooperation.

Prime Minister of Serbia Alekasandar Vučić said today that Belgrade is ready to continue dialogue with Pristina; he also said that some in the world do not take sufficiently serious the commitment of Pristina to reject the dialogue.