Today, the AII Secretary General, Amb. Pigliapoco, attended the Summit of the Central European Initiative in Sarajevo.

The conference hosted by the Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Denis Zvidic, was focused on the migration and refugee crisis and on strengthening infrastructural connectivity in the area.

In his intervention, Amb. Pigliapoco outlined the role of the Adriatic and Ionian Initiative concerning the domains chosen by the CEI Chairmanship underlying also that they are key priority also for the "EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region".

Concluding he informed about plans of stricter cooperation between AII and CEI that will possibly be achieved through the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding in the near future.