The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Visegrad Group (V4) and Western Balkan countries met on October 31, 2014 in Bratislava under the Slovak Republic Presidency of the V4. The meeting dedicated to the Western Balkans was also attended by the incoming Vice-President of the European Commission and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy as well as by Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria, and the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council.