German Chancellor is set to host leaders of in Berlin on Monday for a summit aimed at building closer ties with the European Union.
President , representatives from nine EU states and international organizations are also expected to take part.
The leaders will also celebrate the , known as the Berlin Process.
What is the Berlin Process?
First held in 2014, the goal of the Berlin Process is to bring , , , , Montenegro and closer to the EU.
Germany’s Scholz is expected to focus on the progress made by the individual countries.
Of these, only Kosovo is not an official candidate for EU membership despite it
The Albanian-majority Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 with the backing of the West, following a 1998-1999 war.
While its independence is recognized by 110 countries, five EU members — Greece, Spain, Romania, Slovakia and Cyprus — do not recognize Kosovo as an independent state, owing to fears about comparable independence movements within their own borders.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Obran is also traveling to Germany for the summit, spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs wrote on the social media platform X on Sunday.
He said had been invited to the meeting “due to its influence in the Western Balkans and its current presidency of the EU Council.”
mk/zc (dpa, AFP)
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