On 20-21 June 2024, Minister Lipavský attended several meetings in Austria on EU enlargement and cooperation in the Danube region. The meeting was hosted by his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg. Guests included EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Joseph Borrell and EU Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn.
“It is in our interest to enlarge the European Union and also to bring countries like Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia and Albania closer to European standards, to share our foreign policy and to reform. This is…