| 词条 | 2018 Western Balkans Summit, London |
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| summit_name = Western Balkans Summit | other_titles = "London Balkans 2018" | image = Western Balkans Summit participants (2015, 2016, 2017).svg | alt = | caption ={{legend|#1B4D3E|Participating non-EU states}}{{legend|#2F847C|Participating EU states}}{{legend|#96d9d2|Rest of the EU}} | country = United Kingdom[1] | dates = July 9-10 2018 | venues = | cities = United Kingdom London | participants = * European Union
| heads_of_state_label = | heads_of_state = | chairperson = Theresa May | follows = 2017 Western Balkans Summit, Trieste | precedes = 2019 Western Balkans Summit, Poznań | website = | keypoints = Future enlargement of the European Union }} The 2018 Western Balkans Summit in London, United Kingdom, was the fifth annual summit within the Berlin Process initiative for European integration of Western Balkans states. The summit took place on July 9-10.[2] Previous summits took place in Berlin in 2014, Vienna in 2015, Paris in 2016 and Trieste in 2017. Heads of government, foreign ministers and the ministers of economy of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo{{efn|name=status}}, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, as well as EU member states from the region Croatia, Slovenia and EU member states such as the United Kingdom, Austria, France, Germany, Italy as well as representatives of the European Union and the International Financial Institutions attended the summit. By hosting the summit in London, the United Kingdom demonstrated its continued interest and involvement in the stability of the region beyond its imminent exit from the EU.[3] Proposed AgendaAndrew Page, the Summit's coordinator, stated that the priorities of the summit are to be economic stability, interconnectivity, infrastructure, employment opportunities, and digital transformation.[2] The UK's government stated the three main objectives were increasing economic stability, strengthening regional security co-operation, and facilitating political cooperation.[3] Issues AddressedAccording to a press release from the government of the United Kingdom,[3] the summit focused on three areas. The issues primarily discussed included increasing economic stability within the scope of improving the business environment, promoting entrepreneurship, curbing youth unemployment, and promoting regional inter-connectivity. Also on the table was strengthening regional security co-operation to help tackle common threats, including corruption, serious and organised crime, trafficking of people, drugs and firearms, and terrorism and violent extremism. The final topic was facilitating political cooperation to consolidate democracy in the region and resolve disputes from the breakup of Yugoslavia and Kosovo declaration of independence. 2019 Western Balkans SummitParticipants agreed on the Western Balkan's eventual path into the EU and agreed the next Berlin Process Summit would take place in Poland in 2019. Notes and referencesNotes:{{notes| notes ={{efn | name = status | {{Kosovo-note}} }} }}References: 1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-summit-balkans-idUSKBN16G32S2|title=Balkans must join the EU eventually, European leaders say|accessdate=13 July 2017|author=Robin Emmott}} 2. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2018/03/05/next-western-balkans-summit-held-london-july-9-10/|title=Next Western Balkans Summit to be held in London July 9-10|accessdate=8 February 2018|author=European Western Balkans}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/western-balkans-summit-london-2018/about/|title=About the Western Balkans Summit|author=UK Government|accessdate=25 July 2018}} See also
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