TIRANA, September 30 /ATA/ President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen travels to the Western Balkans for her sixth annual tour of the region with a visit in Tirana.
According to the official announcement from the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen will visit Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia. Her engagements will focus on the next steps needed for advancing on our partners’ EU path and ongoing process of gradual integration, assisted by the EU’s €6 billion Growth Plan for the Western Balkans.
President von der Leyen will begin the annual tour in Tirana on Wednesday, where she will hold talks with President Bajram Begaj and Prime Minister Edi Rama. She will also visit EU-funded projects, including the “Emin Duraku” school in Tirana, which was rebuilt following damage caused by the 2019 earthquake.
On Thursday, President von der Leyen will travel to Pristina, where she will meet with the Acting President Albulena Haxhiu and Prime Minister Albin Kurti. Later on the day, the President will meet in Podgorica with President Jakov Milatović and Prime Minister Milojko Spajić.
She will visit the new building of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Prishtina, as well as Railway Corridor VIII in North Macedonia. The visit will conclude on Friday in Skopje, where President von der Leyen will hold meetings with President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova and Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski.
In Podgorica, she will attend the inauguration of the National Coordination Centre, a new operational hub aimed at strengthening Montenegro’s border management and enabling better information exchange with EU member states and Frontex. /p.s./
