{"id":18703,"date":"2021-08-12T13:39:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T11:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=18703"},"modified":"2021-08-12T13:39:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T11:39:42","slug":"economic-growth-mustnt-remain-hostage-to-nationalism-says-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/economic-growth-mustnt-remain-hostage-to-nationalism-says-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic growth mustn\u2019t remain hostage to nationalism, says expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Economist Safet Gerxhaliu told Euronews Albania that the current debate between Kosovo and Albania regarding the \u2018Open Balkan\u2019 initiative is harmful to both countries.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, both Kurti and Rama should realize that they need to put state interests before the self-interest of their political parties, and that ultimately, they must put national interest before state interest, which is why the reconciliation hand should by urgently extended.<\/p>\n<p>The economy expert also argued that before any kind of cooperation initiative like the \u2018Open Balkan\u2019 can take place, all barriers should be lifted so that all countries that are part of the Western Balkans can participate as equal states.<\/p>\n<p>G\u00ebrxhaliu continued by saying that the recent amplified radicalization and nationalism taking place in Albania and Kosovo doesn\u2019t bring anything positive to these countries, from the perspective of economic progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018Open Balkan\u2019 initiative includes 3 dimensions; the political one, the economic and the integrating one, all three of which are important to Kosovo. The common denominator in finding a solution for all the problems of the Western Balkans is resolving the issues between Kosovo and Serbia. If this isn\u2019t achieved, the Balkans will remain hostage. This is why, it\u2019s time to start thinking about the future and in the future, everyone should be equal,\u201d said G\u00ebrxhaliu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/08\/10\/open-balkan-initiative-doomed-to-fail-as-agreement-in-case-of-natural-disasters-fails-to-materialize\/\">Open Balkan initiative doomed to fail as agreement in case of natural disasters fails to materialize<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/08\/01\/kurti-open-balkan-leaves-space-to-russian-and-chinese-meddling\/\">Kurti: \u2018Open Balkan\u2019 leaves space to Russian and Chinese meddling<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/07\/30\/open-balkan-initiative-conveys-a-dangerous-message-says-deputy-premier\/\">Open Balkan initiative conveys a dangerous message, says deputy premier<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economist Safet Gerxhaliu told Euronews Albania that the current debate between Kosovo and Albania regarding the \u2018Open Balkan\u2019 initiative is harmful to both countries. According to him, both Kurti and Rama should realize that they need to put state interests before the self-interest of their political parties, and that ultimately, they must put national interest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":18704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Economic growth mustn\u2019t remain hostage to nationalism, says expert - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/economic-growth-mustnt-remain-hostage-to-nationalism-says-expert\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Economic growth mustn\u2019t remain hostage to nationalism, says expert - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Economist Safet Gerxhaliu told Euronews Albania that the current debate between Kosovo and Albania regarding the \u2018Open Balkan\u2019 initiative is harmful to both countries. 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