Prime Ministers Zaev and Rama and President Vucic on trilateral meeting before tomorrow’s meeting with other leaders from WB have agreed on the Declaration on Cooperation

The President of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, together with the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, Edi Rama, ahead of the meeting of the Western Balkan leaders that is to take place on 10th November, held a trilateral meeting where they discussed and agreed on the Declaration with list of priorities and measures for improvement of the regional cooperation.

This Declaration with list of priorities and measures comes after their previous meeting in Novi Sad.

The fundamentals of the Declaration are cooperation, mutual engagement and elimination of all obstacles for free movement of people, goods, services and capital, as contribution for the citizens of all countries from the region in accomplishing the shared end goal – full-fledged EU membership.

The determination for more intensive cooperation based on mutually adopted declaration, besides joint customs controls, should provide mutual cooperation in phyto-sanitary controls, as well as free movement of the citizens throughout the three countries only with ID cards.

The Declaration announces the possibilities for open market and access to business initiatives in the whole region, no matter the place of establishment of the companies, creating new jobs and stimulating potentials for overall development. This initiative opens great opportunities for the young people and for connectivity following the European model for implementation of EU standards, in order to achieve economic progress of the WB countries and overall democratic transformation.

Tonight Prime Ministers Zaev and Rama and President Vucic will be joined by the President of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denis Zvizdic and the Minister of Economy of Montenegro, Dragica Sekulic. They will have a dinner hosted by the President of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev. Tomorrow the WB leaders will have a working meeting.

The program for tomorrow’s meeting foresees plenary session of the WB leaders with representatives of the European Union, the Regional Cooperation Council, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank. A joint press conference will be held afterwards.