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20 October 2023 The National Assembly delegation at the Conference on Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue to Further Promote the European Integration of the Western Balkans

Saturday, 21 October 2023

National Assembly Delegation at the Conference on Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue to Further Promote the European Integration of the Western Balkans

Foreign Affairs Committee Deputy Chairperson Marina Ragus, European Integration Committee Chairperson Elvira Kovacs and Foreign Affairs Committee and European Integration Committee member Dunja Simonovic Bratic, took part in the Conference on Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue to Further Promote the European Integration of the Western Balkans, held on 20 October 2023 in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia.

The conference was co-organised by the Interparliamentary Cooperation and Project Support Division of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia.

This regional event provided parliamentarians with a broad platform for cooperation and dialogue, to discuss the challenges they face, as well as good practices concerning European integration. The conference was opened by the President of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia Talat Xhaferi, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Tiny Cox, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia Bojan Marichikj and Chairman of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Zsolt Nemeth.

In three sessions, the participants of the Conference discussed the geopolitical challenges for the process of European integration of the Western Balkans, public opinion support for European integration and international cooperation. Foreign Affairs Committee Deputy Chairperson Marina Ragus was the panellist in the first session of the Conference and European Integration Committee Chairperson Elvira Kovacs was the panellist in the third.