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"Open Balkans", VOA: Serbia will benefit most from this initiative because it will have access to the sea

2022-06-08 11:29:45Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"Open Balkans", VOA: Serbia will benefit most from this initiative
Open Balkans

The next meeting of the Open Balkans initiative is being held in Ohrid, Northern Macedonia. The meeting of the leaders of Albania, Serbia and Northern Macedonia will be joined in the capacity of observers by the Prime Minister of Montenegro and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The conference is expected to be attended by the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, while the US envoy for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, will address it via video message.

The signing of four cooperation agreements for the fight against tax evasion, recognition of higher education diplomas, cultural cooperation and cooperation in the field of tourism is expected on Wednesday.

The initiative, according to its organizers, aims to establish freedom of movement of people, goods, capital and services in the region.

But Kosovo refuses to join the initiative in the first place because of Serbia's approach, which does not recognize its independence. The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, rejected the invitation of the Macedonian Prime Minister, Dimitar Kovacevski, to attend the meeting. He wrote in a letter that Kosovo is committed to the Berlin Process, which was approved by the six Western Balkan countries at the Sofia summit in 2020 and supported by the European Union. Prime Minister Kurti further stressed that "Kosovo and Northern Macedonia must work together to prevent Serbia from promoting its Russian and Chinese interests in the region, and that it consistently denies Kosovo's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity and blocks the possibilities of equality for the citizens of Kosovo ”.

Serbia, which represents the country and the largest market in this initiative, maintains strong ties with Russia and China. It is the only country in the Balkan region that has so far refused to join sanctions against Moscow over its aggression in Ukraine. A day earlier, Serbia's three neighbors, Montenegro, northern Macedonia and Bulgaria, forced the cancellation of a Russian foreign minister's visit to Belgrade, barring his plane from passing through their airspace.

The Russian foreign minister blamed the West for canceling the visit, stressing that no one would be able to destroy Russia's relations with Serbia.

"Ata mbase nuk donin që ne të shprehnim mbështetjen për nismën e Beogradit për të realizuar projektin e Ballkanit të Hapur në interes të marrëdhënieve më të shëndetshme dhe më të forta midis të gjitha vendeve të rajonit", tha të hënën ministri rus.

Analisti amerikan, Janusz Bugajski, tha se Kremlini e sheh "Ballkanin e Hapur" si një mjet të dobishëm për përmbysjen dhe ndarjen e Evropës. “Qeveritë properëndimore duhet të braktisin skemën dhe të mos ndjekin agjendën Moskë-Beograd”, shkroi ai në rrjetet sociale.

Ndërsa analisti Edward Jospeh, shkroi se ashtu siç duhet falënderuar (Vladimir) Putinin për ringjalljen e NATO-s, duhet lavdëruar Sergey Lavrovin “që i dha puthjen e vdekjes sot Ballkanit të Hapur”. Kjo ide e administratës Trump çon përpara agjendën e partnerit strategjik të Rusisë në rajon, Serbisë, nën Aleksandar Vuçiçin”.

The initiative, originally known as the "Balkan Mini-Schengen", changed its name to the "Open Balkans" in July last year. Some analysts estimate that Serbia will benefit most from this initiative, "because there will be access to the sea" (through Albanian ports) and being several times more economically strong will expand its products in the markets of neighboring countries, while local producers and traders from Albania and Northern Macedonia, will face price competition and consequently additional challenges in their work./ VOA


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