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Within the Brdo Brijuni Process, six meetings have been held so far, 5 of them regular and 1 was extraordinary:


    1. Brdo pri Kranju, Republic of Slovenia, July 24 - 25, 2013,
    2. Dubrovnik, Republic of Croatia, July 14 – 15, 2014,
    3. Budva, Montenegro, June 7-8, 2015,
    4. Zagreb, Republic of Croatia, November 24-25, 2015 (Extraordinary Summit), and
    5. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 28-30, 2016.
    6. Brdo pri Kranju, Republic of Slovenia, June 3, 2017

Since the first Summit of the Brdo Brijuni Process, a practice has been established for participation of high level guests, dignitaries, from the EU and/or other countries, usually Heads of State, very often of some of the EU member states.


1. The first Leaders' meeting of the Brdo Brijuni Process was held in Brdo pri Kranju, Republic of Slovenia, in the period 24-25 July 2013. Besides the presidents of the region, the President of the French Republic, H.E. Mr. Francois Hollande, participated.

(Press Release)

 


2. In July 2014, the Leaders’ meeting of the Brdo Brijuni Process was held in Dubrovnik. Honorary guest at the meeting was the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, H.E. Ms. Angela Merkel.

(Joint conclusions)

 

3. In Budva, in 2015, the Leaders’ meeting of the Brdo Brijuni Process was attended by the President of the Republic of Austria, H.E. Mr. Heinz Fischer.

(Joint conclusions)

 

4. In Zagreb, in November 2015, the extraordinary plenary meeting of the Brdo Brijuni Process was attend by the President of the European Council, H.E. Mr. Donald Tusk, the US Vice President, the Honourable Joseph Biden, and the President of the Republic Austria, H.E. Mr. Heinz Fischer. This Summit was triggered by the massive security crisis, the migrant crisis that faced Europe. Cooperation in the field of security and cooperation and support in dealing with the refugee crisis were central topics of the Summit.

(Joint conclusions)

 

5. Special guest at the meeting in May 2016, held in Sarajevo, was the President of the Italian Republic, H.E. Mr. Sergio Mattarella.

(Joint conclusions)


6. The special guest at the Leaders Meeting of the Brdo – Brijuni Process held last year in Brdo near Kranj, in the Republic of Slovenia, was the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, H.E. Mr. Frank Walter Steinmeier. The focus of the meeting was placed on the need to strengthen political stability and reconciliation in Southeast Europe, faced with the challenge of slowing down EU enlargement.
                                                                                                                                                                                (Joint conclusions)
  

The next meeting of the leaders of the countries participating in the Brdo Brijuni Process will be held in the Republic of Macedonia, in Skopje, on April 27, 2018.

 


PRM

The world is facing a deep transformation. Circumstances have changed, and so have the rules of the game. The countries from the region of the Balkans do not have sufficient capacity to handle all those challenges and risks alone.


The Brdo - Brijuni Process has filled in the recent vacuum in terms of regional cooperation. It enables us to substitute declarations with actual projects which deliver concrete results; to shift from a formal towards a more informal, but sincere dialogue regarding all issues of importance for the countries in the region.

We, the Presidents, should restore mutual trust in our Region and enable maximum cooperation and connectivity.

We cannot change the past – but together, we can change the present, thus changing the future.

                                                                                                       D-r Gjorge Ivanov