On foreign interference, the Russians are doing in the western Balkans what the Russians do everywhere. They have a playbook. That playbook includes things like disinformation right down the spectrum to hybrid techniques. They're using the same tactics and techniques in the western Balkans that they use elsewhere. They obviously do not support transatlantic integration and don't want to see the countries of the western Balkans accede to the European Union. Their goals are quite clear, and evolving as they do, their tactics are also well known to us.
In terms of the roles they play in the region, China obviously has very clear security and economic interests in the western Balkans, as it does throughout the world, and it's pursuing those interests aggressively. It is quite clear how the belt and road initiative is playing out.
In terms of Russia, we have seen a dependence on Russian energy over time. That is something we are working with the western Balkans to try to shift. We'd like to see that shift, and I think there's a lot of commitment there to change the dependence in the relationship.
