BUDAPEST, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Hungary expects the European Union (EU) to open accession talks with Albania next month, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said Friday.
The EU's failure to do so would be "unacceptable" to Hungary, Szijjarto said at a joint press conference after talks with Gent Cakaj, Albania's acting minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
Szijjarto reiterated Hungary's support for EU enlargement towards the Western Balkans and Albania's EU integration.
According to the Hungarian government, the stability in the Western Balkan region is a key factor in the stability of the whole European continent.
Tensions in the region would only provide new opportunities for terrorists and terrorist organizations to enter the territory of the EU, by taking advantage of migration waves, Szijjarto said.
According to him, the EU's General Affairs Council would have to decide on starting accession talks with Albania on June 18.
For his part, Cakaj said Albania fulfilled the conditions for his country's European accession, which the European Council also acknowledged.
