Annual event
Brdo-Brijuni Process![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Brdo-Brijuni_Process.svg/250px-Brdo-Brijuni_Process.svg.png) Participating non-EU states Participating EU states EU states guests |
Formation | July 25, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-07-25) (at the presidential level) |
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Type | Diplomatic conference |
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Official language | None, de facto English |
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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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2013
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Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia
25 July 2013
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President Borut Pahor
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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
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President François Hollande
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[1]
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2014
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Dubrovnik, Croatia
15 July 2014
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President Ivo Josipović
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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
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Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel
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[2]
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2015
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Budva, Montenegro
8 June 2015
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President Filip Vujanović
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President Borut Pahor
President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
President Bujar Nishani
Chairman of the Presidency Mladen Ivanić
President Atifete Jahjaga
President Gjorge Ivanov
President Tomislav Nikolić
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President Heinz Fischer
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[3]
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Zagreb, Croatia
25 November 2015
Extraordinary meeting
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President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
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President Borut Pahor
President Bujar Nishani
Chairman of the Presidency Dragan Čović
Member of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović
Member of the Presidency Mladen Ivanić
President Atifete Jahjaga
President Gjorge Ivanov
President Filip Vujanović
President Tomislav Nikolić
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President Heinz Fischer
Vice President Joe Biden
President of the European Council Donald Tusk
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[4]
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2016
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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
28–29 May 2016
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Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović
Member of the Presidency Mladen Ivanić
Member of the Presidency Dragan Čović
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President Borut Pahor
President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
President Bujar Nishani
President Hashim Thaçi
President Gjorge Ivanov
President Filip Vujanović
President Tomislav Nikolić
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President Sergio Mattarella
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[5]
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2017
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Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia
3 June 2017
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President Borut Pahor
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President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
President Bujar Nishani
Member of the Presidency Dragan Čović
President Hashim Thaçi
President Filip Vujanović
President Aleksandar Vučić
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President Frank-Walter Steinmaier
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[6]
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2018
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Skopje, Macedonia
27 April 2018
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President Gjorge Ivanov
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President Borut Pahor
President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
President Ilir Meta
Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović
President Hashim Thaçi
President Filip Vujanović
President Aleksandar Vučić
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Prime Minister Boyko Borisov
President of the European Council Donald Tusk
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[7]
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2019
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Tirana, Albania
8–9 May 2019
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President Ilir Meta
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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 Milo Đukanović
President Aleksandar Vučić
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President Andrzej Duda
High Representative of the Union Federica Mogherini
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[8]
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2021
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Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia
29 June 2020 (Postponed) 17 May 2021
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President Borut Pahor
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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
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President Emmanuel Macron (canceled due to schedule overlap – committed to attend future meeting)[9]
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[10]
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2022
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Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia
12–13 September 2022
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President Borut Pahor
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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 Željko Komšić
President Vjosa Osmani
President Stevo Pendarovski
President Milo Đukanović
President Aleksandar Vučić
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[11]
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2023
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Skopje, Macedonia
11 September 2023
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President Stevo Pendarovski
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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
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[12]
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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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