Compared to other candidate countries and as a result of their continuous efforts in aligning and shaping the foreign and security policy of the European Union (EU), Montenegro and Albania have been leaders in the European integrations, high representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and International Policy, Federica Mogherini, has estimated.
A two-day inter-parliamentary conference for the common foreign and security policy and common security and defense policy, held in Sofia, tackled priorities and EU strategies in the area of common foreign and security policy.
Mogherini stated that the national parliaments have been playing a key role in shaping foreign policy, at the same time remaining open to the public.
“Foreign and security policy are not only the responsibility of the national governments, but of the parliaments as well,“ said Mogherini, according to the information of the Montenegrin parliament.
She also noted that the EU-NATO relations have been stronger than ever, adding that Europeans have to take responsibility for their own safety.
