BARI, May 13 (Hina) - After it takes over chairing the European Union in the second half of this year, Italy will advocate that Croatia and Albania skip some stages on their path towards the European Union, Italian Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi told a news conference Tuesday at the end of an Adriatic-Ionian Initiative summit which took place in Bari.
BARI, May 13 (Hina) - After it takes over chairing the European
Union in the second half of this year, Italy will advocate that
Croatia and Albania skip some stages on their path towards the
European Union, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told a
news conference Tuesday at the end of an Adriatic-Ionian Initiative
summit which took place in Bari. #L#
The conference of presidents and premiers of Adriatic-Ionian
Initiative members -- Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia,
Slovenia, Greece, Serbia-Montenegro, and Italy -- focused on road
construction, cooperation among universities, environmental
protection and cultural cooperation, Berlusconi said.
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