Western Balkan 6 Connectivity Agenda with the Belt and Road Initiative

Abstract

In order to promote its member states in organising and coordinating infrastructure construction, the Western Balkan 6 Summit was held by the South-East Europe Transport Observatory (SEETO). In addition, the Western Balkan Summit was at a larger scale. At these two summits, a series of connectivity agendas had been proposed by the Western Balkan, which was generally called the “Western Balkan 6 Connectivity Agenda” (hereinafter referred to as “the Agenda”). “6 Western Balkan countries” means the Western Balkan countries without EU accession: Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia–Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Kosovo. The Steering Committee of SEETO is composed of representatives of these six countries. The enlarged Western Balkan Summit was also attended by EU member states in the Western Balkan area and other relevant countries, including Croatia and Slovenia inside the Western Balkan area; and Germany, Italy, Austria, and France outside this area.