Foreign relations of Slovenia

The reception was organized by Prince Charles for the participants of the Western Balkans Summit.

The reception was attended by British Prime Minister Theresa May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, former EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Katherine Ashton, Western Balkan prime ministers who took part in the summit, senior European officials and other guests.

Continuing the Berlin Process, European and Balkan leaders meeting in London on Tuesday agreed to discuss ways to improve growth, strengthen security and achieve reconciliation.

The fifth Western Balkans Summit opens on Monday in London with key EU member states and UK leaders meeting the heads of six Balkan governments to "strengthen the reform agenda in the region" so that they can meet the criteria for EU accession.

With Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva as chair, EU Member States today set out the path towards opening of accession negotiations with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania in June 2019.

According to the Serbian government, they spoke about "bilateral relations of the two countries, situation in the region and the progress of Serbia in the European integration process."

Special attention was paid to the upcoming Western Balkans Summit within the Berlin Process, to be held in London on July 10.

They will spend a full 24 hours coding and prototyping software at Sofia Tech Park, where the EU-Western Balkans pre-summit dinner was held this month.

Organised by the European Commission in Bulgaria, the Sofia Development Association of the capital's municipality and the Webit Foundation, the event hopes to inspire programmers to seek solutions in a number of fields.

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According to the Serbian government, Keefe "delivered a letter of invitation from British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to attend the upcoming Western Balkans Summit."

Connectivity among the Western Balkan countries will be the main topic of the EU-Western Balkans summit in Sofia on May 17, according to the Montenegrin government's platform, which BIRN has seen.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini addressed reporters ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council to announce that this will be "a chance with to exchange views on how to better work with our partners in the Western Balkans for our common security and prosperity."