German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her Slovenian counterpart, Tanja Fajon, vowed together to support bids by the Western Balkan countries to join the European Union after talks in Ljubljana on Tuesday. “It is our common goal to promote the accession of the Western Balkan countries to the EU,” Baerbock said. Both politicians emphasized that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had made enlargement of the EU a “geopolitical” necessity. The Western Balkan countries include Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. All six countries are endeavouring to join th…