SLOVENIA-FRANCE-EU-DIPLOMACY

(From L) The Presidents of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic, Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga, Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov, Croatia Ivo Josipovic, France Francois Hollande, Slovenia President Borut Pahor, Bosnia and Hercegovina Zeljko Komsic, Montenegro Filip Vujanovic, and Albania Bujar Nishani pose for a grouop photo at the meeting "Process Brdo" in Brdo Pri Kanju on July 25, 2013. The presidents of eight western Balkans countries along with French president Francois Hollande met Thursday in Slovenia at an unprecedented summit aimed at promoting cooperation and further EU's enlargement in the region. The summit was organized by the presidents of the only two former Yugoslav states that joined the EU, Slovenia's Borut Pahor and Croatia's Ivo Josipovic, and backed by the French president underlining the need for reforms for all Balkans states that would like to join the EU. AFP PHOTO / JURE MAKOVEC (Photo credit should read Jure Makovec/AFP via Getty Images)