Informal Meeting with the Heads of State of the Western Balkans

Johannes Hahn, member of the European Commission responsible for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, was in Durrës, Albania to participate in an informal meeting with the Prime Ministers of the Western Balkans , including Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania, Ramush Haradinaj, Prime Minister of Kosovo*, Duško Marković, Prime Minister of Montenegro, and Suma Chakrabarti, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Discussions during the meeting focused particularly on regional economic integration, including the Regional Economic Area (REA).
* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.