SKOPJE, Oct. 17 – Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama met his Macedonian counterpart, Zoran Zaev, in Skopje, where Rama was attending the Summit of 100 Business Leaders of Southeast Europe (SEE).
The two heads of government discussed the relations between the countries, the strengthening of trading ties between them and the meeting of their respective executive bodies in the near future.
The commitment to further intensify the economic cooperation between the countries and create trading conditions serves the entire region’s aim to integration to the Euro-Atlantic community. It is in this context that the joint meeting of their governments was planned for the following months, the agenda and date of which will be determined by the respective ministers of foreign affairs.
Both PMs shared the view that the diplomatic and political relations between the countries are on a good track, with no open ends, a fact that offers a good basis for the establishment of stronger economic ties. According to the Macedonian government’s press office reports, Rama also congratulated Zaev for his party’s win in Macedonia’s local democratic elections.
“The results and elections help the democratic agenda,” Rama said, “and support policies of reform which open perspective and ensure a quality life for all the citizens of Macedonia.”
Zaev, on the other hand, stated that “the government of Macedonia will continue to promote relations of good neighborliness through a friendly spirit with which it will contribute further to regional development while aiming to pave the way to NATO and EU perspective as strategic goals of the state.”
This year, the Summit 1 00, which is a unique business initiative that gathers 100 most eminent business leaders from the region of SEE, is focused on the topic: “Can the region compete in the global market” and will also be attended by the Head of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Council of Ministers, Denis Zvizdić, as well as Prime Minister of Montenegro, DuŠ¡ko Marković.
