Political Background Discussion with Jovan Ratkovic

Berlin, April 10, 2008

In this Political Background Discussion with Jovan Ratkovic, advisor to the President of the Republic of Serbia, members of the German Bundestag along with representatives of the Federal Chancellery, the Federal Foreign Office and selected think tanks discussed the possibilities of cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and the European Union.

The background discussion with Jovan Ratkovic sets forth the Körber Foundation’s continuing interest in the developments in South Eastern Europe, in the framework of which Political Breakfasts have been conducted with Wolfgang Ischinger , the EU representative at the Kosovo Status Talks, and with Martti Ahtisaari , the former UN Special Envoy for Kosovo; and the Körber Network Foreign Policy has mounted a field trip to Kosovo and Serbia.

The Körber Foundation regularly invites a small circle of senior Berlin foreign policy players to its Background Discussions . As in the Bergedorf Round Table, the discussions take place confidentially and away from public attention.