Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48102 on Balkans: Politics and Government, when this year's UK-hosted Berlin Process will take place.

The 2025 Berlin Process Summit will take place in the UK this autumn. It will be preceded by meetings in the UK of Economic, Interior and Foreign Ministers from all members of the Berlin Process, and over ten events for government and non-government participants in the Western Balkans. We are consulting partners on potential outcomes, in line with the Prime Minister's focus on migration, security and economic growth. We are working closely with the new German Government and the EU institutions, including on implementation of outstanding commitments, to increase intra-regional cooperation and bring the region closer to its European partners.