Prime Minister Edi Rama will start a tour in the Balkans, within the framework of the Berlin Process. The tour will take place on July 6 and July 7, where the prime minister will travel to Belgrade, Sarajevo, Pristina and Skopje, while holding meetings with the respective heads of state.

A few days ago, Prime Minister Edi Rama said from Ulcinj that the “Open Balkans” has accomplished the mission for which it was born, to push forward the Berlin Process and that the leaders of the Balkans should now focus on this initiative.

On October 16 of this year, Tirana will host the next summit of the Berlin Process.

The Berlin Process is an intergovernmental cooperation initiative linked to the future enlargement of the European Union. It started with the 2014 Berlin Conference, which was followed by the 2015 Vienna Summit, the 2016 Paris Summit, the 2017 Trieste Summit, the 2018 London Summit and the 2019 Poznań Summit. The Berlin Process is aimed at revitalizing the multilateral ties between EU candidate and potential candidate countries of the former Yugoslavia and Albania and selected EU member states, and at improving regional cooperation in those countries on the issues of infrastructure and economic development.

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