Special Co-ordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe Erhard Busek will visit Skopje to have bilateral meetings with the new cabinet and the new parliamentary leaders. The main topic of Mr Busek's visit will be the transition of the Stability Pact into the new Regional Co-operation Council. RCC should be fully operational in the first half of 2008.

Mr Busek will meet Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, Deputy Prime Ministers Gabriela Konevska Trajkovska and Zoran Stavrevski, Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki, Minister of Interior Gordana Jankulovska and Minister of Economy Vera Rafajlovska. 

On top, Mr Busek will participate at a public debate entitled From Stability to Integration: South Eastern Europe Taking Ownership of the Regional Co-operation Agenda. It will take place on 17 October 2006 from 16:00 to 18:00 in the Multi Business Centre at Skopje Fair (Business Hall). For more information contact the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung's Office in Skopje on +389 2 313 52 90.

For additional information please contact Mr Dragan Barbutovski, Spokesperson of the Stability Pact (+32 2 401-8725 or press@stabilitypact.org)