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The workshop summary text focuses on the most important common goal for all states in the Western Balkans with respect the European Security Pact for Southeast Europe; that is, the prospects for prevention of new violent conflicts and inclusion into the EU and NATO. The following issues dominated the discussion: 1) What are the main tasks of the Stability Pact in South East Europe? 2) Which role does the international presence play in the stabilisation process?; 3) What are the problems, potentially endangering the peace process? A consensus is reached that the Stability Pact compared with earlier measures of conflict management in the region is a more comprehensive and therefore more useful instrument offering stability to the region. Further It was also accepted by most of the participants that the Stability Pact is a very useful instrument definingcommon interests and providing a regional forum for communication and cooperation.