Sharjah 24 - AFP: The European Union launched membership negotiations on Tuesday with Albania and North Macedonia -- a long-delayed step towards joining the bloc.
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen warmly congratulated prime ministers Edi Rama of Albania and Dimitar Kovacevski of Macedonia.
"This is what your citizens have been waiting for so long and have been working for so hard, and this is what they deserve," she said.
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