Murtezani to Be Chief Negotiator with EU, Kos to Be Enlargement Commissioner

At Tuesday’s session of the Government, European Affairs Minister Orhan Murtezani was appointed Chief Negotiator with the EU. The Deputy Minister, Viktorija Trajkov, was appointed Deputy Chief Negotiator.

The session also saw the Ministry tasked with drawing up a new decision to set up a structure for EU membership negotiations. In Strasbourg, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Slovenia’s Marta Kos would be Commissioner for Enlargement, also responsible for our Eastern neighbourhood.

“She will work on supporting Ukraine and continuing the work on reconstruction, and support candidate countries to prepare them for accession,” she stated.