I hope the Council will be inclined towards enlargement, but that is a decision that must be made unanimously, Hague told reporters after meeting with Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Vesna Pusic.
We in Great Britain look forward to further EU enlargement to all Western Balkan countries, but each country's progress will depend on what it has achieved on that road, Hague said when asked if the European Council would give dates for the start of entry talks with Serbia and Macedonia at is next meeting.
Hague arrived in Zagreb from Belgrade, where he held talks with top officials, saying Belgrade had made big progress and that he encouraged the Serbian government to implement an agreement on the normalisation of relations with Kosovo.
We will follow its implementation, its effectiveness and sustainability, and how all the measures from that plan are being implemented, said Hague.
Pusic said Southeast Europe's progress in European reforms was a common interest of Great Britain and Croatia, announcing that she would discuss this in Macedonia on Friday with her counterparts from the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) countries.
After the SEECP ministerial meeting in Ohrid, an SEECP summit was to be held over the weekend but Macedonia cancelled it after the presidents of Croatia and Albania said they would not attend because Kosovo was not invited under Serbia's influence. Romania and Bosnia were also against Kosovo's attendance.
Pusic said a debate was being held until today as to whether the ministerial meeting would be cancelled too. "I contacted my counterparts from Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo and it was agreed that Kosovo representatives will take part in all parts of the ministerial meeting and that the seats at the table will be marked as usual."
She said the Ohrid meeting would discuss Kosovo's request to join the SEECP. Five of its 12 members have not recognised Kosovo's independence - Serbia, Greece, Romania, Moldova and Bosnia.