PM Edi Rama told Euronews Albania that the Open Balkan initiative will continue even if Kosovo, Montenegro and Bosnia Hercegovina don’t agree to become a part of it.
“It is a process that frees up the workforce from all bureaucratic obstacles and chains of different legislations. It is a unification that is made in the image of the EU,” – said Rama.
PM Rama also emphasized that all barriers will be lifted between these 3 countries even though Kosovo, Montenegro and Bosnia Hercegovina refuse to participate.
In addition, Rama underlined that the agreements that have been signed today are helpful for the citizens of Albania, Serbia and North Macedonia.
“Through today’s decisions, tens of thousands of people become direct beneficiaries. In Albania alone, there are around 600-700 subjects that regardless of the Open Balkan, regardless of the UN and NATO, go back-and-forth in these territories, exporting to Serbia, exporting to North Macedonia and the ones that import from these countries are many more than 600 or 700.
We are giving these people the chance to not have to wait in line for hours at the border, to not need 3 different kinds of paperwork and face 3 different kinds of bureaucracies…” – said Rama.
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