Bilateral disputes must not impede the start of negotiations or the process of negotiations with the Western Balkan countries. This is stressed in Swedish EU parliamentarian Anna Ibrisagic's report on the progress of the Western Balkans, which will be discussed by the European Parliament today.

The report hints at the dispute between Macedonia and Greece, as well as the Slovenian-Croatian disagreement over the sea border. Diplomats in Strasbourg forecast that the EU parliamentarians will adopt this report to send a strong message to the concerned sides that they must resolve all disputes blocking the Western Balkan countries' integration in the European Union as soon as possible.