[ad_1]
The two-day summit in Ohrid of the Open Balkans regional initiative brought together the ministers of Agriculture of Albania, Northern Macedonia and Serbia.
In the third round of technical meetings, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Frida Krifca noted the progress made in implementing the agreement signed in December last year.
“The Open Balkans Agreement is showing daily mutual economic and human benefits for Albania, Northern Macedonia and Serbia. In the first 4 months of 2022, the trade volume between our three countries has increased by 70%, reaching over 57 million euros from 33 million euros in the first four months of 2021 “said Minister Krifca in her speech.
Respectively, Albania has 63% increase in exports with Serbia and 8% increase in agricultural exports with Northern Macedonia in this comparative period.
Following the agreement reached late last year, meetings between the three parties’ technical groups have been intensive, and the Ohrid Summit is another step towards consolidating and strengthening the single Balkan market.
The Minister of Agriculture, Frida Krifca, together with the Minister Ljupcho Nikolovski and the Minister Branislav Nedimović, as well as with the technical staffs of each country, discussed ways to qualitatively monitor exports, further facilitate procedures for businesses, total elimination of waiting time at the border as and prevention of non-tariff barriers.
top channel
[ad_2]
Source link
