Stock Photo - Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama, Former Prime Minister Charles Michel, European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen, Dimitar Kovacevski, President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, President of France Emmanuel Macron, President of Montenegro Milo Dukanovic, Didier Seeuws, Dzaferovic Sefik arrive for, the family picture and during for an EU-Western Balkan meeting, ahead of the European council summit, in Brussels, Thursday 23 June 2022. The leaders of Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia will not boycott the European Union summit after all. The leaders of Albania and North Macedonia considered staying away from the summit as Bulgaria continues to block the start of talks over the two countries' accession to the EU. The EU summit on the Western Balkans begins Thursday. This will be followed by a regular summit, including on granting candidate country status to Ukraine and Moldova. BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK.