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"The Council has always reiterated the prospect of the Western Balkans joining Europe. This has undoubtedly been as part of foreign policy, in this case, Neighbourhood Policy, and even the enlargement policy of the European Union.
Hence, recently, the Council meeting in December 2009 confirmed the need to respect certain fair conditions, in the context of the stabilisation and association process for the Balkans.
With respect to Kosovo, the Council has already observed that, in this case, the Member States were deciding in accordance with national practice and international law.
As you are aware, the Kosovo unilateral declaration of independence is currently subject to court proceedings in the International Court of Justice. In any case, however, the Council has always taken Kosovo into account in its political relations with the Balkans and there has been a consensus between Member States and governments in this respect, for example, in terms of the liberalisation of visas, which Kosovo should benefit from, as the Council has always understood. In addition, the Commission’s Communication regarding the means to reinforce Kosovo’s political and socio-economic development has been welcomed.
The Council invited the Commission to take the necessary measures to support Kosovo’s progress towards the European Union in accordance with the European perspective on the region, to which I previously referred.
The Council encouraged the Commission, and this was done with a consensus, of course, to initiate Kosovo’s participation in the European Union’s programmes, incorporating Kosovo into economic and fiscal supervision, setting in motion the second component of pre-accession help and reinforcing the stabilisation and association process dialogue.
These conclusions were endorsed by the last European Council on 10 and 11 December 2009."@en1
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