Citizens of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro should have the same roaming prices when traveling to the EU member-states, urged countries' ministers on Wednesday.

Minister of Information Society and Administration Ivo Ivanovski, Serbian Minister of Foreign and Domestic Trade and Communications Rasim Ljajic, and Montenegrin Minister of Information Society and Telecommunications Vujica Lazovic signed in Skopje a joint letter addressed to the European Commission Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology.

"We have continually implemented EU directives and requirements and it is high time for the Union to observe our requirements", said Minister Ivanovski after the signing.

According to him, the next step would be amending of the regulations and establishing new rules for operators in using cheap EU roaming tariffs.

"Taking into consideration that these countries have over 10 million citizens, we hope the EU and the European Commission will seriously consider our initiative, putting pressure on operators and making appropriate changes in regulations, thus enabling our citizens to take advantage of the same prices as those in the EU", added Ivanovski.

Serbian Minister Ljajic said the joint letter was an example of good regional cooperation and a message that all problems could be solved through mutual communication and cooperation.

"I hope the time of conflicts and unnecessary rhetoric is behind us. This is the only way to create a favorable environment for foreign investments, since we are small markets when seen individually. This can be a good signal for future investors in our countries", added Ljajic.

Montenegro Minister Lazovic stressed today's event was the beginning of future cooperation among the three countries.

"We want to send messages to the EU since our intention is our citizens to have the same benefits as the citizens in the Union member-states. We want to demonstrate that we can reach an agreement and find solutions in the citizens' interest on numerous issues without any outside pressure", said Lazovic.

The three ministers are scheduled to sign a memorandum of cooperation in the telecommunications field in Montenegro this September.