One year after the 2022 summit in Tirana, EU and Western Balkans leaders met in Brussels for their fourth annual summit. The summit was an opportunity to reaffirm the EU membership perspective of the Western Balkans and also the need for partners’ sustained and irreversible reform achievements, underpinned by EU values and principles.
The future of the Western Balkans is in our Union.
Brussels declaration
The main topics of discussion were:

• bringing Western Balkans partners closer to the EU and advancing gradual integration
• building an economic foundation for the future and mitigating the impact of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine
• reinforcing security and building resilience

Brussels declaration, 13 December 2023
At the end of the summit, the Brussels declaration was issued, which can is available here.