Southeast Europe Transport Community
Southeast Europe Transport Community is an regional intergovernmental organisation established after the signing of a treaty on its creation on 9 October 2017.[2] It was established in the context of the Berlin Process.[3] Community's stated goal is development of transport network between the European Union and countries of Southeast Europe in the field of road, rail, inland waterway and maritime transport.[2] Its members are European Union and the six Western Balkan parties namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo,[lower-alpha 1] North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.[4] In December 2017 Belgrade was unanimously elected as the seat of the Community's Permanent Office. The permanent office was open in September 2019.
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Founded at | Trieste |
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Type | intergovernmental organisation |
Headquarters | Belgrade, |
Region | Southeast Europe |
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Interim Director | Alain Baron[1] |
References
References:
- "Southeast Europe Transport Community opens HQ in Belgrade". N1 TV. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- Scavuzzo, Davide (2 November 2017). "The Transport Community between the European Union and South East European countries has been established". Transportwatch. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- "Permanent Secretariat of the SEE Transport Community opened in Belgrade". European Western Balkans. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- "Transport Community". European Commission Mobility and Transport. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
Notes:
- Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.