ABSTRACT

In the Western Balkan area, Serbia is most active in the Belt and Road Initiative and makes the greatest achievements with China. In order to promote its member states in organising and coordinating the infrastructure construction, the Western Balkan 6 Summit was held by the South-East Europe Transport Observatory. The Western Balkan Summit was at a larger scale. At these 2 summits, a series of connectivity agendas had been proposed by the Western Balkan, which was generally called the “Western Balkan 6 Connectivity Agenda”. In November 2015, under the smooth alignment of cooperation, development and strategy, an intergovernmental memorandum of understanding was formally signed by both sides to jointly boost the Belt and Road construction, indicating that the China–Serbia cooperation had entered a new stage. In 2017, the Centre for Constructing and Promoting the Belt and Road was even established by Bosnia–Herzegovina.