Foreign Ministers Of Southeast European Countries Meet In Bulgaria

BOURGAS - Foreign Ministers of Southeast European countries gathered in the Bulgarian coastal city of Bourgas on Tuesday.
The meeting of Foreign Ministers of Southeast European Countries, held within the framework of the Southeast European Cooperation Process (SEECP), started in Pomorie town of Bourgas.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan is representing Turkey at the meeting which hosts the foreign ministers of 11 countries. Only Croatia and Slovenia are being represented by undersecretaries of their foreign ministries.
Following the ministerial meeting held on Tuesday, heads of state and government of Southeast European countries will meet on Wednesday.
Babacan will represent Turkey at this meeting as well.

-WHAT IS SEECP?-

SEECP is a non-institutionalized regional cooperation structure. It was created in 1996, when Bulgaria organized a meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs, to lay the foundation of a new cooperation forum, following the birth of new countries in the Balkans.
SEECP can be considered the successor of the cooperation in the Balkan region, initiated by Nicolae Titulescu between the 2 world wars, materialised by the adoption of the Pact of Balkan Agreement - Pacte d'Entente Balcanique in 1934, and continued after the 2nd World War under the form of conferences of Ministers of Foreign Affairs from Albania, Greece, Yugoslavia, Romania and Turkey.
Bulgaria is currently the rotating president of SEECP.
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