(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 12 - "The new context highlights the importance of EU enlargement as it takes on a new geopolitical meaning with great implications for the region: the decisions of the partners whether or not to be with us on the world stage and on fundamental values take on even greater weight ".
This was stated by the high representative of EU foreign policy Josep Borrell, interviewed by ANSA, commenting on the Commission's recommendation to grant candidate status to Bosnia.
"With Moscow - he underlines - there is also a struggle of ideas. We cannot close our eyes to its growing influence, not only in the Balkans".
"Today's choice is a political impulse. Certainly Bosnia today does not meet all the conditions for being an EU country, but we believe that these conditions will be fulfilled. It is an impulse that I hope the new political authorities of Bosnia will understand and exploit. It is a stimulus to the EU. action, "says Borrell.
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