Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the UK's engagement with the Western Balkan countries through the Berlin Process.

The UK supports the Berlin Process and its contribution to engagement with, and regional co-operation between, all six Western Balkans countries, including by chairing in 2025. Through the Berlin Process the UK has strengthened cooperation on addressing irregular migration and countering foreign information manipulation and disinformation as part of a security agenda. The UK has also used the Berlin Process to help promote regional reconciliation, economic integration/connectivity and greater collaboration on gender equality, including action against violence against women and girls and regional work on Women, Peace and Security.