TIRANA, July 5 /ATA/ – The Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Majlinda Bregu, addressed the Western Balkans and the EU leaders at the Summit in Poznan, Poland, saying the Western Balkans should embark on serious, wide-ranging facilitation agenda, including movement of people, goods, services and capital through IDs only.
“Our region needs to embark on a serious and wide-ranging facilitation agenda, which will include aspects of facilitated movement of people, goods, services and capital. Western Balkans should move freely through IDs and remove structural barriers for trade and investment,” Bregu said.
“It is time to incorporate an adequate Schengen-like mechanism into the WB in order to facilitate the travelling across the region and paving the way for gradual transition to free movement of the citizens. Freedom of movement is an essential prerequisite for the regional economic integration. RCC is here to take ownership,” she stated.
The Western Balkans Summit in Poznan, Poland, brought together Western Balkan and EU leaders to discuss the region’s future in the context of EU enlargement.
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