Bosnia, Macedonia FMs in Turkey for Balkans meeting

Sven Alkalaj, foreign minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia's foreign minister arrived in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday.

FM Alkalaj and Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki will attend an informal meeting of foreign ministers of the South-East European Process in Istanbul.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will host the two-day meeting which will begin on Friday.

As of 5 June 2009, the current Chairmanship-in-Office of the South-East European Cooperation Process has been taken over by Turkey from Moldova.

Foreign Ministers and deputy prime ministers from participating countries --Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Croatia and Montenegro-- will attend the meeting. Regional Cooperation Council and EU Troika will also be represented at the meeting.


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