The meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) participating States, to be organized by the SEECP Chairmanship-in-Office of the Republic of Turkey, will be held on 23 June 2010, in Istanbul.

The Summit is expected to endorse the Annual Report of the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) on regional co-operation in South East Europe and the RCC Strategy and Work Programme 2011-2013, as well as the appointment of the RCC Secretary General for the period as of 1 January 2011, given that the current three-year mandate of Secretary General Hido Biscevic expires on 31 December 2010.

The summit will mark the end of the one-year rotating Turkish SEECP Chairmanship-in-Office, which will be taken over by Montenegro.