BELGRADE – The strategy of common economic development – the formation of the so-called “small Schengen area” – will be one of the topics of the meeting between the Prime Ministers of Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia at the beginning of October in Belgrade, Danas reports.
“Together we can be more competitive, both in relation to the EU and in relation to other global markets,” said Deputy Prime Minister of the Serbian government Zorana Mihajlović, adding that each of these Western Balkan countries is too small to attract global investors, without which there is no constant economic growth.
She stressed that it would also be beneficial for Western Balkan countries to harmonize their infrastructure policies and that the Transport Community, whose headquarters recently opened in Belgrade, could support these efforts.
On Tuesday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić met with the Prime Ministers of North Macedonia and Albania, Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama, with whom he launched a project to further eliminate various barriers to business in their three countries and discussed a freer movement of goods and people. And services.
