(ANSA) - BRUXELLES - EU High Representative, Federica Mogherini, will travel to the Western Balkans from the late afternoon of Tuesday 17th April to Thursday 19th on an official mission. EU sources referred to ANSA that EU Commission should formalize the recommendations to open the negotiations with Fyrom and Albania during the presentation of an 'Enlargement Package' in the early afternoon of Tuesday, 17th. If confirmed, the recommendations will then be presented to the European Council next 22-23 June.

Mogherini will visit Tirana (Albania) on Tuesday 17th. The day after she will move to Skopje (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), where she will be joined by the EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Johannes Hahn. On Thursday 19th she will leave to Tivat (Montenegro) and Belgrade (Serbia).

Last February, EU High Representative visited Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo together with the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker. (ANSA).