An informal meeting of ministers of foreign affairs and ministers of transport of regional countries was held in Pristina on Wednesday.

Serbia was represented by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic, Tanjug reported.

After the Western Balkans Conference held today in Pristina, Kosovo’s Principal Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci told reporters that a political climate is being created in the region that will put an end to all conflicts. “The time has come to work on joint projects that will help our peoples and the new generations,” he said. Thaci also added: “It was a great honor for Kosovo and me to host ministers from the region, including Minister Dacic. We have spent a lot of time on the normalization of relations.

A regional ministerial conference opened in Kosovo on Wednesday, bringing together the Foreign and Infrastructure ministers of Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

Along with regional decision makers, Johannes Hahn, the EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, will also participate in the conference as well as Violeta Bulc, the European Commissioner for Transport, who will join via video link.

The Principal Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, who is hosting today’s Western Balkans Ministerial Conference in Pristina, said in his opening remarks that Kosovo is proving to be a constructive country with a very important role in the region, Europe and beyond. Thaci said: “good relations and dialogue with neighbors is one of the key requirements for moving toward membership in the European Union and NATO. This is why regional cooperation is one of the top priorities of Kosovo’s foreign policy agenda.