US official: Balkans' future is in Euro-Atlantic institutions

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23/06/2011

Visiting the Western Balkans, US State Department official Philip Gordon warned of unresolved political problems that impede progress.
By Biljana Pekusic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade -- 23/06/1
Two of the biggest issues in the Balkans -- relations between Serbia and Kosovo and stagnated reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- were the focus of Assistant US Secretary of State Philip Gordon's visit to the region last week.

In Belgrade, he told Serbian national TV network RTS that the EU can not accept new members that have unresolved or non-harmonised borders with neighbouring countries....more...
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