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Charles Michel to visit Podgorica, Skopje, Pristina next week

Charles Michel to visit Podgorica, Skopje, Pristina next week
Brussels, 9 June 2022 (MIA) – European Council President Charles Michel will pay another official visit to the Western Balkans next week, with a trip to Podgorica, Skopje and Pristina, Serbian media outlets report, citing Tanjug. This will be the second part of Charles Michel’s “Balkan tour”, as he traveled to Serbia, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 19-21. The European Council President said he will invite Western Balkan leaders, in cooperation with France which is currently holding the EU Presidency, on a meeting with EU leaders on June 23 in Brussels, for talks over the idea of a European Geopolitical Community. Michel proposed that Western Balkan countries be part of the new format whose aim is to forge convergence and deepen operational cooperation to address common challenges, peace, stability and security on the continent.