Rosemary DiCarlo, US deputy assistant secretary for Europe and Eurasian Affairs, requested of the Western Balkan countries progress in the political sphere, at the minister's conference of the Adriatic and Baltic groups, which was held in Tallinn, Estonia. DiCarlo said that the reforms in the defense are progressing well, stressing that the future of the Western Balkans lies in the Euro-Atlantic family.

"We are prepared to assume the experiences and obligations of the NATO member countries and fulfill the conditions for integration into NATO," Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and Macedonian Defense Minister Lazar Elenovski said at the joint press conference with their colleagues from Albania and Croatia.