The UK and the Western Balkans

Inquiry by the International Relations and Defence Committee, 16 October 2023 to 16 February 2024. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• Letter from The Rt Hon the Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs to the Chair, dated 16 February 2024, responding to the Committee’s recommendations to the UK Government following its short inquiry into the Western Balkans (16 February 2024)

Evidence sessions

• 25 October 2023: Ian Cliff, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office; Sian MacLeod, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
• 25 October 2023: Professor Jasna Dragovic-Soso, Goldsmiths College, University of London; Professor James Ker-Lindsay, The London School of Economics and Political Science; Dr Jessie Barton Hronesova, School of Slavonic and East European Studies
• 29 November 2023: Dr Tena Prelec, Centre for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe (CAS SEE), University of Rijeka; Maja Raicevic, Women's Rights Centre (Montenegro); Christopher Levick, Westminster Foundation for Democracy
• 6 December 2023: The Rt Hon The Baroness Ashton of Upholland LG GCMG, House of Lords
• 13 December 2023: Air Chief Marshal The Lord Peach GBE KCB DL, Prime Minister's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans; Leo Docherty MP, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office; Victoria Billing, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
• 17 January 2024: Christian Schmidt, Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina