Annual event
The Brdo-Brijuni Process (Slovene: Proces Brdo-Brioni) is an annual multilateral event in the Western Balkans. It was initiated in 2013 by Slovenian president Borut Pahor and Croatian president Ivo Josipović. The first official meeting was in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia. The main focus of the Process is the enlargement of the European Union with countries of the Western Balkans. Similar meetings were held at the prime-ministerial level in 2010 and 2011 by then-Prime Ministers of Slovenia and Croatia, Borut Pahor and Jadranka Kosor. The Brdo-Brijuni process includes Slovenia and Croatia (EU member states) and candidates and potential candidates for EU membership from the Western Balkans (Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo).
In 2014, the Berlin Process was initiated by then-Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, in which all of the Brdo-Brijuni Process countries are included as well.
Current representatives
Meetings
Year
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Host country
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Host
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Attendees
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Guest(s)
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Source
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2010
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Belgrade, Serbia
5 July 2010
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President Boris Tadić
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President Stjepan Mesić
Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić
President Bamir Topi
President Fatmir Sejdiu
President Gjorge Ivanov
President Filip Vujanović
President Traian Băsescu
President László Sólyom
President Heinz Fischer
President Danilo Türk
President Georgi Parvanov
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President François Hollande
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[1]
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2011
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Tirana, Albania
30 July 2011
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President Bamir Topi
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President Ivo Josipović
Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić
President Boris Tadić
President Jakup Krasniqi
President Gjorge Ivanov
President Filip Vujanović
President Traian Băsescu
President Pál Schmitt
President Heinz Fischer
President Danilo Türk
President Georgi Parvanov
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President François Hollande
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[2]
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2012
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Belgrade, Serbia
31 January 2012
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President Boris Tadić
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President Ivo Josipović
Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić
President Bamir Topi
President Atifete Jahjaga
President Gjorge Ivanov
President Filip Vujanović
President Traian Băsescu
President János Áder
President Rosen Plevneliev
President Borut Pahor
President Heinz Fischer
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President François Hollande
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[3]
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2013
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Murfatlar, Romania
8 September 2013
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President Traian Băsescu
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President Ivo Josipović
President Bujar Nishani
Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić
President Atifete Jahjaga
President Gjorge Ivanov
President Filip Vujanović
President Tomislav Nikolić
President János Áder
President Rosen Plevneliev
President Borut Pahor
President Heinz Fischer
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President François Hollande
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[4]
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2014
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Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria
26 November 2014
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President Rosen Plevneliev
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President Borut Pahor
President Bujar Nishani
Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović
Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić
Member of the Presidency Nebojša Radmanović
President Atifete Jahjaga
President Gjorge Ivanov
President Filip Vujanović
President Tomislav Nikolić
President János Áder
President Klaus Iohannis
President Ivo Josipović
President Heinz Fischer
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Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel
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[5]
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2015
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Valandovo, North Macedonia
1 August 2015
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President Gjorge Ivanov
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President Borut Pahor
President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
President Bujar Nishani
Chairman of the Presidency Mladen Ivanić
President Atifete Jahjaga
President Tomislav Nikolić
President Filip Vujanović
President Heinz Fischer
President Klaus Iohannis
President János Áder
President Rosen Plevneliev
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2016
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Vienna, Austria
20 June 2016
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President Doris Bures
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President Borut Pahor
President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
President Bujar Nishani
President Hashim Thaçi
President Filip Vujanović
President Tomislav Nikolić
Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović
Member of the Presidency Mladen Ivanić
Member of the Presidency Dragan Čović
President Klaus Iohannis
President János Áder
President Rosen Plevneliev
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President Sergio Mattarella
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[6]
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2017
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Çorovodë, Albania
1 March 2017
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President Ilir Meta
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President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
President Borut Pahor
Member of the Presidency Dragan Čović
President Hashim Thaçi
President Filip Vujanović
President Aleksandar Vučić
President Alexander Van der Bellen
President János Áder
President Klaus Iohannis
President Rumen Radev
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President Frank-Walter Steinmaier
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[7]
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2018
|
Sibiu, Romania
9 May 2018
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President Klaus Iohannis
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President Borut Pahor
President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
President Ilir Meta
Chairman of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović
President Hashim Thaçi
President Milo Đukanović
President Aleksandar Vučić
President Gjorge Ivanov
President Rumen Radev
President Alexander Van der Bellen
President János Áder
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Prime Minister Boyko Borisov
President of the European Council Donald Tusk
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[8]
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2019
|
Nikšić, Montenegro
7 July 2019
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President Milo Đukanović
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President Borut Pahor
President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Chairman of the Presidency Milorad Dodik
Member of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović
President Hashim Thaçi
President Ilir Meta
President Aleksandar Vučić
President Stevo Pendarovski
President Rumen Radev
President Klaus Iohannis
President Alexander Van der Bellen
President János Áder
|
President Andrzej Duda
High Representative of the Union Federica Mogherini
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[9]
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2020
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Skopje, North Macedonia
8 August 2020
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President Stevo Pendarovski
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President Borut Pahor
President János Áder
President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
President Ilir Meta
Chairman of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović
Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić
Member of the Presidency Milorad Dodik
President Aleksandar Vučić
President Vjosa Osmani
President Klaus Iohannis
President Milo Đukanović
President Rumen Radev
President Alexander Van der Bellen
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2021
|
Sibiu, Romania
25 May 2021
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President Klaus Iohannis
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President Zoran Milanović
President Ilir Meta
Chairman of the Presidency Milorad Dodik
Member of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović
Member of the Presidency Željko Komšić
President Vjosa Osmani
President Stevo Pendarovski
President Milo Đukanović
President Aleksandar Vučić
President János Áder
President Alexander Van der Bellen
President Borut Pahor
President Rumen Radev
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President Emmanuel Macron (canceled due to schedule overlap – committed to attend future meeting)[10]
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[11]
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2022
|
Belgrade, Serbia
1 September 2022
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President Aleksandar Vučić
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President Zoran Milanović
President Bajram Begaj
Chairman of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović
Member of the Presidency Milorad Dodik
Member of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović
President Vjosa Osmani
President Stevo Pendarovski
President Milo Đukanović
President Nataša Pirc Musar
President Katalin Novák
President Alexander Van der Bellen
President Klaus Iohannis
President Rumen Radev
|
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[12]
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2023
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Szeged, Hungary
14 July 2023
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President Katalin Novák
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President Nataša Pirc Musar
President Zoran Milanović
President Bajram Begaj
Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić
Member of the Presidency Denis Bećirović
Member of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović
President Vjosa Osmani
President Jakov Milatović
President Aleksandar Vučić
President Rumen Radev
President Alexander Van der Bellen
President Klaus Iohannis
President Stevo Pendarovski
|
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2024
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Podgorica, Montenegro
30 May 2024
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President Jakov Milatović
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President Nataša Pirc Musar
President Tamás Sulyok
President Zoran Milanović
President Bajram Begaj
Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić
Member of the Presidency Denis Bećirović
Member of the Presidency Željka Cvijanović
President Vjosa Osmani
President Klaus Iohannis
President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
President Rumen Radev
President Aleksandar Vučić
President Alexander Van der Bellen
|
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Meetings by host country
Country
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Host
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Slovenia
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4
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2013, 2017, 2021, 2022
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Croatia
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2
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2014, 2015 II
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North Macedonia
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2
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2018, 2023
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Montenegro
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1
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2015 I
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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2016
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Albania
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2019
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See also
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