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Balkans: Serbia-Albania-North Macedonia, meeting in Novi Sad

The goal is to create a common market by removing all barriers

10 October, 11:58
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, OCTOBER 10 - In Novi Sad, northern Serbia, a trilateral meeting between Serbia, Albania and Northern Macedonia began this morning. The goal is to lay the foundations for the creation of a common market including the three countries, by removing barriers and obstacles, to facilitate trade and the circulation of goods, people and services. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, promoter of the initiative he called a 'small Schengen', and the Albanian and Macedonian prime ministers, Edi Rama and Zoran Zaev, attended the meeting. The three politicians had already dealt with the issue informally in a meeting that took place last month in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. According to Vucic, removing barriers to trade would facilitate an intensification of economic cooperation between the countries of the Western Balkans, a market with 20 million potential consumers. And in this way, the countries of the region would be stronger and more competitive compared to much stronger economic realities such as the EU, the US, and Asia. (ANSA)
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