Following a special invitation by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Ivo Sanader, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Janša, will attend the Meeting of Heads of State and Government of the South East European Co-operation Process (SEECP) on 10 and 11 May in Zagreb. The Republic of Croatia, which holds the current Chairmanship-in-Office of the SEECP, has also invited senior EU officials and heads of state and government of donor countries to the meeting. 

 

The meeting in Zagreb will approve a revised scheme of regional cooperation in South East Europe, which is the result of the states in the region having increased their influence on processes of Euro-Atlantic integration. Under the auspices of the SEECP, tasks which have hitherto been the domain of the Regional Table of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, will gradually be transferred to the newly-established Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). Slovenia, which has been among the most active members of the Stability Pact, supports reform of regional cooperation, and has also announced that it will make a donation to the newly-established RCC.

 

The heads of state and government will nominate the first Secretary-General of the RCC, and decide on the permanent seat of the Secretariat of the RCC. Participants at the meeting are also expected to adopt the Zagreb Joint Statement and Zagreb Declaration, and sign the Charter on Good Neighbourly Relations, Stability, Safety and Cooperation in the South-Eastern Europe.

 

Mr Janša's participation at the SEECP meeting in Zagreb is a confirmation of Slovenia's long-standing focus on the South East Europe, particularly in the light of its EU presidency in the first half of 2008, when Slovenia, in collaboration with the next SEECP presiding country, Bulgaria, intends to put due emphasis on the inauguration meeting of the Regional Council for Cooperation in February.

 

On Thursday evening, the Slovenian PM will attend an official dinner hosted by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Ivo Sanader. At noon on Friday, Mr Janša will attend the plenary meeting of the SEECP heads of states or governments. Against the backdrop of the meeting, the Slovenian PM will also meet Branko Crvenkovski, the President of the Republic of Macedonia.

 

 

Programme of the Prime Minister

 

Thursday, 10 May 2007

20:30	official dinner hosted by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Ivo Sanader, for heads of delegations and other guests   Venue: Mimara Museum, Rooseveltov trg 5, Zagreb

 

Friday, 11 May 2007

9:00	working meeting of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Janša, and the President of the Republic of Macedonia, Branko Crvenkovski   Venue: Jelenovac Hall, Hotel Westin, Kršnjavoga 1, Zagreb
10:15 (tbc)	statement by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Janša, for the Slovenian media   Venue: Hotel Westin, Kršnjavoga 1, Zagreb
11:00	opening of the 10th Meeting of the Heads of States or Governments, members of the South East European Co-operation Process   Venue: Crystal Hall, Hotel Westin, Kršnjavoga 1, Zagreb
followed by	speech by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Janša at the 10th Meeting of the Heads of States or Governments, members of the South East European Co-operation Process   Venue: Crystal Hall, Hotel Westin, Kršnjavoga 1, Zagreb