{"id":27934,"date":"2021-12-21T14:33:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=27934"},"modified":"2021-12-21T14:33:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:33:18","slug":"rama-for-euronews-albania-open-balkan-will-continue-even-if-others-refuse-to-join","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rama-for-euronews-albania-open-balkan-will-continue-even-if-others-refuse-to-join\/","title":{"rendered":"Rama for Euronews Albania: Open Balkan will continue even if others refuse to join"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PM Edi Rama told Euronews Albania that the Open Balkan initiative will continue even if Kosovo, Montenegro and Bosnia Hercegovina don\u2019t agree to become a part of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt 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,\u201d \u2013 said Rama.<\/p>\n<p>PM Rama also emphasized that all barriers will be lifted between these 3 countries even though Kosovo, Montenegro and Bosnia Hercegovina refuse to participate.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Rama underlined that the agreements that have been signed today are helpful for the citizens of Albania, Serbia and North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough today\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2026\u201d \u2013 said Rama.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/21\/rama-open-balkan-is-an-aspiration-be-a-part-of-this-endeavor\/\">Rama: \u2018Open Balkan\u2019 is an aspiration, join us in this endeavor \u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/21\/open-balkan-these-are-the-5-agreements-to-be-signed-into-law-by-rama-vucic-and-zaev\/\">\u2018Open Balkan\u2019 \u2013 These are the 5 agreements to be signed into law by Rama, Vucic and Zaev<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/20\/berisha-open-balkan-seeks-to-instil-serbian-russian-hegemony-in-the-balkans\/\">Berisha: \u2018Open Balkan\u2019 seeks to instill Serbian-Russian hegemony in the Balkans<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PM Edi Rama told Euronews Albania that the Open Balkan initiative will continue even if Kosovo, Montenegro and Bosnia Hercegovina don\u2019t agree to become a part of it. \u201cIt is a process that frees up the workforce from all bureaucratic obstacles and chains of different legislations. 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