Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-02 03:56:56|Editor: Mu Xuequan

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LJUBLJANA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia has taken over the one-year chairmanship of the Southeast Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP), a regional partnership with focus on promoting EU enlargement, security, the youth and digitalization, according to the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) on Saturday morning.

Slovenia formally took over the presidency from Croatia at Friday's SEECP summit in Dubrovnik, Croatia, which was attended by the presidents of Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Bulgaria.

The SEECP, which was established in 1996 upon Bulgaria's initiative, also includes Albania, Greece, Romania, Moldova and Turkey.

The slogan of Slovenian's presidency is SEE4Future - Southeast Europe for Future, which is meant to highlight interaction and the importance of inclusiveness and an orientation toward progress in Southeast Europe.

In his address to the summit on Friday, Slovenian President Borut Pahor highlighted Slovenia's commitment to EU expansion towards SE Europe.

He said Slovenia is convinced that EU enlargement is the key political process in keeping efforts for political stability, security and progress in Southeast Europe alive.

The ministerial conference preceding the summit was attended by Slovenian Foreign Ministry State Secretary Darja Bavdaz Kuret.

On behalf of Slovenian Foreign Minister Karl Erjavec, she also invited ministers from the region for the first informal SEECP meeting on Sept. 5.

The meeting will be held on the margins of the Bled Strategic Forum in September, this year.