Press Release: President Barroso and Commissioner Rehn in the Western Balkans

Preview of the first official visit to the Western Balkans of Commission President José Manuel Barroso on 15-18 February 2006. Barroso was to be accompanied by Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn. They were planning to travel to Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Enlargement: Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/countries/index_en.htm

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/06/85, EU enlargement and the Western Balkans, 15.2.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/06/85&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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