Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said the European Union has opened the first chapters of Albania's accession negotiations, paving the way for a swift process ensuring the country's membership.
"This is historic," he declared, noting that speeding up the EU integration of Western Balkan countries is a priority of the Hungarian EU presidency.
Speaking in Luxembourg, where he attended the second intergovernmental EU-Albania conference, he added that the bloc sorely needed new momentum, and this could be provided by Western Balkan countries.
"Urgent action is needed to preserve the credibility of the enlargement policy, so we must speed up enlargement procedures," the minister added.