A summit meeting of EU member-states and six Western Balkan countries will be held online on May 6, the Croatian government said in a press release on Thursday.

European leaders agreed that the EU-Western Balkans summit in Zagreb – originally scheduled for May but postponed in April due to the coronavirus epidemic – would be held via a video conference on May 6. Officials from all 27 EU member countries, as well as the 6 Western Balkan nations, will attend the meeting, Croatian government’s press release said.

Croatia, which holds the rotating six-month EU Presidency in the first half of 2020, cancelled all high-level events and meetings related to the event after sweeping epidemic restrictions and travel bans imposed in March had brought life to a standstill across much of Europe.

The Zagreb Summit is expected to set a roadmap on the EU membership accession process for six Western Balkan hopefuls and green-light the beginning of negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania. These were one of the stated goals of Croatia’s EU Presidency, before Germany takes over on July 1.

Serbia and Montenegro are already negotiating their membership with Brussels, since 2014 and 2012 respectively, and both are considered likely to complete the process and formally join the bloc by 2025.

Bosnia and Herzegovina had applied for membership in 2016 and is yet to be given candidate status, while Kosovo – whose status is disputed – has not yet applied for membership, and is classified as a “potential candidate.”