Izvor: N1 televizija, 06.Jul.2018, 20:50 (ažurirano 02.Apr.2020.)
Regional leaders meet at two consecutive summits
Western Balkan heads of government are meeting twice in the next few days, once at the 16+1 summit in Sofia this weekend and again in London next week.
The leaders meeting in the Bulgarian capital will decide on a new phase of a number of infrastructure projects and in London they will meet with the representatives of eight European Union countries.
Goran Svilanovic, the General Secretary of London summit organizer the Regional Cooperation Council, said >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << that the summit started on Thursday in Vienna where economy ministers presented the progress made since a regional action plan was adopted last year at a meeting in Trieste.
That meeting is moving to London on Monday and Tuesday, he said.
"We will have a meeting of the civil sector," Svilanovic said, "A Youth Forum was held in Novi Sad as part of the preparations and messages from that forum will be articulated on behalf of the civil sector in London on July 9."
The summit will continue with a meeting of interior ministers that will be followed by a meeting of foreign ministers and then prime ministers.
"The European Union has announced a good thing, a guarantee fund of 150 million Euro that will be focusing on projects of small and medium companies and the private sector. The money will be available as of 2019," he said.
"What is expected and what the British are insisting on is paying attention to the illegal arms trade in overall security in Europe," he said, adding that regional countries can contribute to solving of that problem if they can control their stockpiles to prevent access to them by terrorists.
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