site.btaDeputy PM Zaharieva Confers with European Commission First Vice President

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Deputy PM Zaharieva
Confers with European Commission
First Vice President


Brussels, November 9 (BTA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva met with European Commission First Vice President Frans Timmermans, the press centre of the Foreign Ministry said.

The two discussed their future joint work during the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council. Zaharieva will preside over the General Affairs Council which has as its main task to prepare the European Council meeting and discuss a number of horizontal issues related to the EU policies.

Zaharieva and Timmermans discussed some of the topics which will be raised before the EU Council - the issue of the supremacy of the law within the Treaties and the prospects before the six countries of the Western Balkans to joint the Union. The two were unanimous that the stability of the Western Balkans is of key importance for the Union and, therefore, it is important for them to get a clear European perspective. /VI/TK
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