Chairman Zvizdić at Economic Conference „Challenges on the Road to the EU“

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of BIH Dr Denis Zvizdić, together with Prime Minister of Montenegro Duško Marković, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Vice-Prime Ministers of the Republic of Albania Snid Mesi and Rasim Ljajić of the Republic of Serbia, respectively, , took part at the Budva Conference on Economy, titled „challenges on the road to the European Union“. 

The Conference was opened by President to the Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro Velimir Miljušković, and as the panel guest the conference was addressed by EBRD President Pierre Heilbronn.

In his address to the panel on regional cooperation within the Berlin process and further integration of the region into the European Union, Chairman Zvizdić said that the common commitment of the Western Balkans countries is to join the European Union. He said that from the Berlin meeting in 2014, a considerable progress was made. He said that the majority of countries in the world have the most intensive trade with their nearest neighbours, so he expressed his expectation that the trade cooperation will be improved in the future. He added that the Western Balkans countries have important space for the improvement of their mutual cooperation in the interest of development of their economies.

Chairman Zvizdić spoke on a need to better mutual traffic and communication connections, emphasising that this segment is of utmost importance for the whole region of the Western Balkans. He also spoke of the exchange and enabling labour and student mobility. He said that, following the European practice, it is necessary to enable regional mobility, foreign direct investments attraction, strengthening of digital economy, reform of education system, so that it would be harmonised in the best possible way with the labour market.

In his address, Chairman Zvizdić emphasised that the region remains committed to the European Union and that it is necessary to improve even more the issue of political stability and security at the territory of the Western Balkans and in the whole European Union. He invited for intensification of cooperation in the European integrations area, expressing his belief that all participants to today's meeting will draw a considerable benefit form the mutual exchange of experiences.

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