Firaministan Germany, Friedrich Merz, ya bayyana cewa Tarayyar Turai za ta fara ɗaukar matakai domin haɗa ƙasashen yankin Western Balkans cikin ƙungiyar EU.
Merz ya ce ƙasashen yankin na da muhimmanci wajen tabbatar da zaman lafiya, tsaro, da kwanciyar hankali a nahiyar Turai, musamman a wannan lokaci da ake fuskantar ƙalubalen siyasa da tsaro a duniya.
Yankin Western Balkans ya haɗa da ƙasashe kamar Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, da Kosovo, waɗanda da dama daga cikinsu suka dade suna neman shiga Tarayyar Turai.
Shugaban gwamnatin Jamus ya ce EU na son ƙara kusanci da yankin ta fuskar tattalin arziki, siyasa, da tsaro, tare da taimaka musu wajen aiwatar da gyare-gyaren da ake buƙata domin zama cikakkun mambobi.
Masana siyasa sun ce wannan mataki na zuwa ne yayin da Tarayyar Turai ke ƙoƙarin rage tasirin Russia da China a yankin Balkans.
Duk da haka, wasu ƙasashen EU na ci gaba da nuna damuwa kan matsalolin cin hanci, rikice-rikicen siyasa, da raunin tsarin shari’a a wasu ƙasashen yankin.
Masu sa ido sun ce ƙara haɗa Western Balkans cikin EU na iya taimakawa wajen bunƙasa tattalin arziki da rage rikice-rikice, amma tsarin na iya ɗaukar shekaru kafin kammalawa.
Tarayyar Turai ta dade tana tattaunawa da ƙasashen yankin kan batun shiga ƙungiyar, amma ci gaban ya kasance a hankali saboda wasu ƙalubalen siyasa da tattalin arziki.