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Press release: Political Director of the MFA Vesko Garčević took part in the Coordinators of the Regional Initiatives Meeting
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(Ancona, June 18) Political Director of the MFA Vesko Garčević took part in the Coordinators of the Regional Initiatives Meeting, held on June 17 and 18 in Ancona. The meeting was attended by the coordinators of the CEI, Council for Regional Cooperation, Council of the Baltic States, Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, as well as the University of the Region of Abruzzo. During the meeting, Garčević presented the priorities and the programme of the Montenegrin presidency over the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative (AII), and acquainted the attendants with the activities in other regional activities over which Montenegro presides.

It was agreed that the first meeting of the High Officials of the AII be held in Podgorica on June 27 and 28, 2010, which will represent the official commencement of the Montenegrin presidency over the Initiative. It is expected that on this occasion the State-Secretary of the MFA of Italy Alfredo Mantica will visit Montenegro and meet the MFA Milan Roćen.

For the remainder of the meeting, the collocutors exchanged opinions on the modalities of cooperation of the regional organisations, and they have agreed on the enhancement of cooperation in the areas of common interest.