Tirana will welcome the next Ministerial of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) on Monday, June 16, 2025, placing Albania once again at the epicenter of diplomatic developments in the region.
Prime Minister Edi Rama made the event public through a post on social media.
It emphasizes the country's commitment to advancing regional cooperation and the European integration of the Western Balkans.
SEECP consists of 13 participating countries, which are also members of the Board of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), such as: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Kosovo and Turkey.
The South East European Cooperation Process is an important political forum aimed at dialogue and cooperation in South East Europe, which concludes a successful year of the Albanian Presidency under the motto "Shaping our European future".
Tirana assumed the SEECP Chairmanship for the period July 2024 – June 2025, following the Chairmanship previously held by Skopje, and will be succeeded by Sofia.
The South East European Cooperation Process was initiated in 1996 during the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the participating countries in Sofia, while the first SEECP Summit was held in Crete in 1997.