MIHAJLOVIC: Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia could form a “small Schengen”

The strategy of joint economic development, that is, the formation of the so-called “small Schengen”, will be one of the topics to be discussed with the prime ministers of Albania and North Macedonia, Edi Rama and Zoran Zaev, in early October in Belgrade, the cabinet of the deputy prime minister of the Government of Serbia, Zorana Mihajlovic, announced.

– Each of the Western Balkans countries is too small to attract global investors, without which there is no constant economic growth. However, together, we can be more competitive, both in relation to the EU and to other world markets – Mihajlovic said and urged the countries of the Western Balkans to create a strategy of joint economic development.

She said that all internal customs and border barriers to the transport of goods and services between Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia should be abolished.

– The Transport Community, whose seat recently opened in Belgrade, could support us in this – the press release says.

She adds that it would also be good for the Western Balkans countries to harmonize their infrastructural policies.

– Perhaps the first step towards that could be to form a regional network of electric vehicle chargers – Mihajlovic said and also proposed a unified system of toll collection on the highways within the region.

Vlada Republike Srbije

Transport Community

Zorana Mihajlović

Edi Rama

Zoran Zaev

Western Balkans

small Schengen

transport of goods

transport of services

infrastructural policy

regional network of electric vehicle chargers

unified system of toll collection