2018 Western Balkans Summit, London

Western Balkans Summit "London Balkans 2018"
Participating non-EU states Participating EU states Rest of the EU
Host country	United Kingdom^[1]
Dates	July 2018
Cities	London
Participants	European Union Albania Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Germany Italy Kosovo^{[lower-alpha 1]} France Republic of Macedonia Montenegro Serbia Slovenia
Follows	2017 Western Balkans Summit, Trieste
Key points
Future enlargement of the European Union

The 2018 Western Balkans Summit in London, United Kingdom is the upcoming fifth annual summit within the Berlin Process initiative for European integration of Western Balkans states. Previous summits took place in Berlin in 2014, Vienna in 2015, Paris in 2016 and Trieste in 2017. Heads of government, foreign ministers and the ministers of economy of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo^{[lower-alpha 1]}, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, as well as EU member states from the region Croatia, Slovenia and EU member states Austria, France, Germany, Italy as well as representatives of the European Union and the International Financial Institutions are to attend.

Notes and references

Notes:

1 2 Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 111 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References:

↑ Robin Emmott. "Balkans must join the EU eventually, European leaders say". Retrieved 13 July 2017.

See also

Conferences

2014 Berlin
2015 Vienna
2016 Paris
2017 Trieste
2018 London

Non-member states

Candidates negotiating membership	Montenegro Serbia
Candidates	Albania Republic of Macedonia
Potential candidates which have submitted a membership application	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Potential candidates which have not submitted a membership application	Kosovo*

Member states

European Union partner states	Austria France Germany Italy
European Union partner states from the region	Croatia Slovenia

See Also: Future enlargement of the European Union

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