“I hope our discussion at today’s meeting will help us enhance the role of the RCC in 2010 and beyond in order to make it even more harmonised with the priorities of the RCC members and EU accession instruments – overall social and economical development of the region going hand-in-hand with the European and Euro-Atlantic integration processes”, Secretary General Biscevic said.

He stressed that the Secretariat successfully worked with its members on a number of projects in the priority areas of economic and social development, infrastructure and energy, justice and home affairs, security cooperation, building human capital and parliamentary cooperation in South East Europe.

Conference on the West Balkans to take place on December 9

The RCC Secretary General stressed the importance for the region of a high-level conference on the Western Balkans to be organized by the Swedish EU Presidency and the European Commission, in cooperation with the RCC, in Brussels on 9 December. The event will focus on the financial situation in South East Europe and the importance of regional cooperation in overcoming the economic crisis. It will be hosted by the Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt, and the Commissioner for Enlargement, Olli Rehn.