At the Western Balkans Summit Leaders Meeting on 10 July, all Berlin Process participants agreed that, in order to prosper in the future, they needed to continue to deal with the legacy of the past. To that end, all 14 Berlin Process participants signed the Joint Declaration on Regional Cooperation and Good Neighbourly Relations in the Framework of the Berlin Process, and looked forward to future annual reports from governments of the Western Balkans on further progress.

Berlin Process participants also signed the Joint Declarations on War Crimes and Missing Persons in the Framework of the Berlin Process and welcomed the progress made towards the development of the regional Framework Plan to Address the Issue of Missing Persons from the Conflicts on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. All looked forward to its early adoption and implementation.

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