Brdo-Brijuni summit urges EU not to forget about W Balkans

Tirana, 9 May - Leaders of the Western Balkans who came together for a two-day summit of the Brdo-Brijuni Process in Tirana signed a declaration on Thursday urging the EU to make enlargement to the Western Balkans a "matter of geopolitical significance". They also announced that the next summit would take place at the end of the year in Slovenia.

Tirana, Albania Slovenian President Borut Pahor (left), Croatia's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović (centre) and Albania's Ilir Meta (right) host a summit of the Brdo-Brijuni process in Tirana. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania
Slovenian President Borut Pahor (left), Croatia's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović (centre) and Albania's Ilir Meta (right) host a summit of the Brdo-Brijuni process in Tirana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania Slovenian President Borut Pahor (left) and Croatia's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović (right) co-host a summit of the Brdo-Brijuni process in Tirana. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania
Slovenian President Borut Pahor (left) and Croatia's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović (right) co-host a summit of the Brdo-Brijuni process in Tirana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania Slovenian President Borut Pahor (left), Croatia's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović (centre) and Albania's Ilir Meta (right) host a summit of the Brdo-Brijuni process in Tirana. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania
Slovenian President Borut Pahor (left), Croatia's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović (centre) and Albania's Ilir Meta (right) host a summit of the Brdo-Brijuni process in Tirana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania Slovenian President Borut Pahor (left), Croatia's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović (centre) and Albania's Ilir Meta (right) host a summit of the Brdo-Brijuni process in Tirana. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania
Slovenian President Borut Pahor (left), Croatia's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović (centre) and Albania's Ilir Meta (right) host a summit of the Brdo-Brijuni process in Tirana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania Slovenian President Borut Pahor (left), Croatia's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović (centre) and Albania's Ilir Meta (right) host a summit of the Brdo-Brijuni process in Tirana. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania
Slovenian President Borut Pahor (left), Croatia's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović (centre) and Albania's Ilir Meta (right) host a summit of the Brdo-Brijuni process in Tirana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania The summit of the Brdo-Brijuni Process in 2019 was held in Albania. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA File photo

Tirana, Albania
The summit of the Brdo-Brijuni Process in 2019 was held in Albania.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
File photo

Tirana, Albania Participants of the Brdo-Brijuni summit in Tirana. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania
Participants of the Brdo-Brijuni summit in Tirana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania Participants of the Brdo-Brijuni summit in Tirana. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania
Participants of the Brdo-Brijuni summit in Tirana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania Participants of the Brdo-Brijuni summit in Tirana. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania
Participants of the Brdo-Brijuni summit in Tirana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania Participants of the Brdo-Brijuni summit in Tirana. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania
Participants of the Brdo-Brijuni summit in Tirana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania Slovenian President Borut Pahor (left), Croatia's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović (centre) and Albania's Ilir Meta (right) host a summit of the Brdo-Brijuni process in Tirana. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Tirana, Albania
Slovenian President Borut Pahor (left), Croatia's Kolinda Grabar Kitarović (centre) and Albania's Ilir Meta (right) host a summit of the Brdo-Brijuni process in Tirana.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

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