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As part of his ongoing round of political consultations with representatives of the CEI Member States, Secretary General. Hon. Franco Dal Mas, visited Ljubljana on 5 May, where he met with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Tanja Fajon.
Following his meetings in Belgrade and Bratislava, Secretary General Franco Dal Mas continued his international tour to the CEI Member States with a visit to Budapest where he held a constructive meeting with Péter Sztáray, Hungary’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Security Policy, and Energy Security.
On 13 February 2025, CEI Secretary General Franco Dal Mas, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia, Juraj Blanár, in Bratislava to present the priorities of the CEI and discuss cooperation with Slovakia.
CEI Secretary General Franco Dal Mas, attended the "Friends of the Western Balkans" ministerial meeting in Rome on 10 February 2025.
On 24 January 2024, Secretary General Franco Dal Mas welcomed the President of Finest, Alessandro Minon at the CEI - Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES).
Secretary General Franco Dal Mas took part in the Conference on the Western Balkans and their Path to Europe held at the Senate of the Italian Republic in Rome on 14 January 2025.
In a recent interview, Senator Roberto Antonione, former CEI Secretary General reflected on his tenure and outlined the future prospects for the integration of the CEI Member States seeking to join the EU.
On 10 January, the CEI - Executive Secretariat kicked-off the year, with the new Secretary General, Franco Dal Mas, and the Italian National Coordinator, Ambassador, Sem Fabrizi.
On 31 January, CEI Secretary General, Roberto Antonione and CEI Deputy Secretary General, Nina Kodelja (Slovenia) welcomed a visit from Gregor Šuc, Consul General of Slovenia.
The informal MFA meeting (luncheon) on the margins of the UN General Assembly, where the CEI has had observer status since 2011, was successfully held in New York on 20 September.
CEI Secretary General Roberto Antonione was invited by the Montenegrin Prime Minister and Coordinator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dritan Abazović to take part in the Meeting of Foreign Ministers and Ministers of European Affairs of the South-East Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP) in Budva, Montenegro, on 5 June.
Enhancing cooperation through joint activities between the CEI and ALDA (European Association for Local Democracy) in the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2022, was at the centre of discussions during a meeting at the CEI HQ in Trieste on 15 May.
Upon invitation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Elmedin Konaković, Secretary General Roberto Antonione participated in the opening of the event “Mid-term Evaluation of the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in AII member states”, held in Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) on 5 May.