1) The
East European region under Turkey was known as Balkan region.
2) The
people living in this region had started national movement against Turkish
rule.
3) The
geographical location and strategic importance of Balkan region generated interest
of all great European powers who started interfering into the politics of this
area.
4) Claiming
that majority of the people in this area was Slav by race, as were Russians.
Russia started to exert pressure in this region.
5) England
and France started interfering in this region fearing that their passage to
Asia through Mediterranean region would be endangered if Russia would get an
entry in this region.
6) Austria
too was interested in Balkan region because the boundary of Austro Hungarian
Empire touched the Balkan.
7) Thus,
all the major European powers including England, France and Russia attached
great importance to Balkan region.
