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ZAGREB – Croatian President Zoran Milanović will take part on Tuesday in Tivat, Montenegro, on the summit of the Brdo-Brijuni Course of, a joint Croatian-Slovenian initiative aimed toward enhancing cooperation among the many international locations of Southeast Europe and their rapprochement with the EU, which, nevertheless, is progressing at a really sluggish tempo.
Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović will host the summit of the initiative formally launched in 2013, co-hosted by Milanović and Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar.
Leaders of the opposite member international locations of the method – Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo may even take part, and Milanović will meet bilaterally with a few of them on Monday and Tuesday, Pantovčak introduced.
The assembly in Tivat will give attention to present points widespread to all international locations within the area, in line with the occasion announcement.
The declaration adopted final 12 months addressed problems with mind drain from the area, particularly amongst younger individuals, sustainable growth, and environmental safety, in addition to combating the results of local weather change, or matters, as Milanović and Pirc-Musar mentioned on the time, that “unite us greater than divide us.”
This marked the initiative’s transfer into calmer waters after a joint declaration was not adopted on the 2022 summit attributable to disputes over mentioning the constitutiveness of the three peoples in BiH, and the earlier 12 months solely a compromise textual content of the ultimate declaration was accepted attributable to disagreements between Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani and Aleksandar Vučić.
The Western Balkan international locations are at completely different phases of rapprochement with the EU.
Serbia and Montenegro have been negotiating for a couple of decade, Albania and North Macedonia started negotiations in 2022, and in the identical 12 months, BiH obtained candidate standing, whereas Kosovo has potential candidate standing. 5 EU international locations nonetheless haven’t acknowledged Kosovo. (October 7, 2024)
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