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Baerbock in Sarajevo – Western Balkans belongs to Europe
STORY: Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on a visit to Sarajevo, a city whose residents themselves experienced death, suffering and destruction in the 1990s. The Balkan War raged particularly relentlessly in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Speaking to politicians on Thursday, Baerbock said she sees the war in Ukraine as proof of the urgency of further Western Balkans rapprochement with the European Union. Peace is the most important thing, the Greens politician also emphasized on site. “We, as Europeans, as an international community, stand up for this peace in Europe… And for me everything is already contracting when you look at this house so closely. And it’s even more so for people who live in this city every day and now had to witness bomb attacks on children’s hospitals again yesterday.” Following her visit to Sarajevo, Baerbock’s itinerary included Kosovo and the Serbian capital Belgrade. And the Republic of Moldova, which borders Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock sees the Ukraine war as proof of the urgency of further rapprochement between the states of the Western Balkans and the EU – and she is campaigning for peace.