TIRANA, September 19 /ATA/ Minister of Environment Sofjan Jaupaj is participating in the third ministerial meeting on the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, currently taking place in Žabljak, Montenegro.
Jaupaj held meetings with representatives from the European Commission, Germany, Kosovo, and North Macedonia, focusing on Chapter 27, nature protection, waste management, green financing and regional cooperation.
“At this ministerial meeting, alongside the European Commission, the RCC, the IUCN, and other international bodies, we adopted the third declaration on the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans,” said Jaupaj.
Jaupaj emphasized that, “Following the adoption of the Third Green Agenda Declaration, we are moving towards an Albania and a region that are greener, more sustainable and closer to the EU.”
“At this ministerial, I held several high-level bilateral and trilateral meetings. This included talks with the EU Environment Directorate to advance our Chapter 27 commitments, and a trilateral meeting with my counterparts from North Macedonia and Kosovo concerning the Korab-Koritnik–Sharr Mountain National Park,” said Jaupaj. Minister Jaupaj noted, “This will become Europe’s largest cross-border park, providing a unified space for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.”
The Third Ministerial Meeting on the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans serves as a forum to review progress made so far and to define policy directions for the next phase of the Green Agenda’s implementation. The Ministerial also adopted the Ministerial Declaration on the Green Agenda for 2026. /p.s./
