İstanbul on Tuesday served as a venue for the foreign ministerial part of a three-day summit of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), which will end on Wednesday.
As a continuation of initiatives launched by Ankara last year aiming at rebuilding stability in the Balkans, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu had separate trilateral talks with his counterparts from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and with his counterparts from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia on the sidelines of the summit.
President Abdullah Gül, meanwhile, held talks with EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Füle on the sidelines of the summit, which will today host heads of state and government.
Upcoming elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its bid to become a NATO member as well as both Serbia and Croatia's support for Turkey's efforts for having NATO offer Bosnia and Herzegovina a membership action plan (MEP) during a NATO summit in Tallinn were highlights of the trilateral meetings.
All ministers involved pledged to continue their trilateral contacts on a regular basis, with upcoming meetings to be held by the end of this summer. Davutoğlu also announced that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan along with the presidents of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina will attend the 15th commemoration of the Srebrenica massacre next month.
