President Costa travelling to the Western Balkans to meet with regional leaders and co-chair the EU-WB Summit
The President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to the Western Balkans next week (1-5 June) to meet with leaders from the region and to co-chair the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Tivat, Montenegro (on 5 June). President Costa will discuss opportunities and challenges around enlargement, gradual integration, regional cooperation, security and stability.
President Costa will visit the six Western Balkans partners, starting in Sarajevo on Monday 1 June, when he will be meeting members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Bećirović, Željka Cvijanović, Željko Komšić and the Chairwoman of the Council of Ministers, Borjana Kristo.
On Tuesday 2 June, President Costa will be in Tirana, where he will meet Prime Minister Edi Rama, President of the Republic Bajram Begaj and the students of Tirana Campus of the College of Europe. He will then visit Skopje, to meet with Prime Minister Mickoski.
The following day, Wednesday 3 June, President Costa will head to Pristina, to meet with acting President Albulena Haxhiu, the outgoing Prime Minister Albin Kurti, and the chairs of opposition parties.
On Thursday 4 June, President Costa will meet in Belgrade President Aleksandar Vučić, Speaker of the Parliament Ana Brnabić and civil society organisations. The tour will then conclude in Montenegro, where President Jakov Milatovic has invited leaders to a dinner in Tivat to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the restoration of the country’s independence.
On 5 June, President Costa will co-chair the EU-Western Balkans Summit. The central theme of this summit is ‘Shared prosperity and stability of the EU and the Western Balkans’.
