On November 22, 2023, scholars from the Institute of Balkan Studies & Centre of Tracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBSCT-BAS) visited the Institute of Balkan Studies at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA). The meeting was held within the framework of the inter-academic cooperation of SASA and BAS under the project "Serbian-Bulgarian relations and the great powers in the 19th and 20th centuries". The meeting was attended by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mariyana Stamova and Assist. Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dobrev from the IBSCT-BAS, as well as Dragan Bogetić - Chairman of the Balkanology Council at SASA, Dr. Dragan Bakić, Dr. Dušan Fundić and Dr. Bogdan Živković from the Institute of Balkan Studies at SASA. Scholarly research on the project, as well as past and future cooperation between the two institutions were discussed during the meeting.