The Stabilisation and Association Process remains the framework for the European course of the western Balkan countries, all the way to their future accession.
The main priorities identified relate to the capacity of Montenegro to meet the criteria defined by the Copenhagen European Council of 1993 and the conditions set for the Stabilisation and Association Process, notably the conditions defined by the Council in its Conclusions of 29 April 1997 and 21 and 22 June 1999, the content of the final declaration of the Zagreb Summit of 24 November 2000 and the Thessaloniki Agenda.