US vice president Dick Cheney has given his support for Croatia, Albania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to join NATO and the EU.
Speaking at a summit with the three countries on Sunday (7 May) Mr Cheney said "it's very important - both for NATO and the EU - to take in new members, people who aspire to join the organization, help rejuvenate it."
Mr Cheney added that new members can "help us re-dedicate ourselves to those basic fundamental values of freedom and democracy that are a very important part of our collective security arrangements."
Membership of NATO and the EU are long term objectives for many Balkan countries, with the American support coming at a crucial time for the region, devastated by war just a decade ago.
The EU last week froze talks on a Stabilisation and Association agreement (SAA) with Serbia and Montenegro, which currently forms a state union, after Belgrade missed the deadline for handing over war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic to the UN war tribunal in The Hague.
Negotiations on the future of Kosovo, a province of Serbia now controlled by the United Nations, could lead to it becoming independent.
And in just two weeks (21 May) Montenegro will hold a referendum on whether to stay with Serbia or to also become independent.
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