European Union will not be complete without the Western Balkan countries, and European integration of the region is a mutual interest of both the Union and these countries, said a message conveyed on Tuesday by Chairman of Bosnia's tripartite Presidency Sefik Dzaferovic and President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski.

Dzaferovic and Pendarovski met in Skopje to discuss bilateral relations of the two countries, Western Balkan's perspective of European integration and NATO integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

They agreed that Bosnia-North Macedonia relations are friendly, not being burdened with any open issues but that there is room for improvement in the economy. They stressed that European Union will not be complete without the Western Balkan countries, and European integration of the region is a mutual interest of both the Union and these countries.

They also expressed support to the Sofia agreement on a common regional market within the Berlin process, which was signed by BiH, North Macedonia and other countries in the region.