Escobar: US Supports Open Balkans means that Kosovo should join

Gabriel Escobar, the American emissary for the Western Balkans, has said the United States of America supports the Open Balkans. He has said this is not a political but an economic project. He has said that all six Western Balkan states should become part of the initiative.

The United States supports the Open Balkans. This is based on several points, working in regional economic co-operation, through business, trade. The biggest markets are the European ones. We need to work on greater European integration. The Open Balkans initiative is just one of these initiatives, and we support any initiative that offers the region. If it succeeds, it should be open to everyone. Any initiative should be included Six states on the same level. It's an excellent initiative, coming at a very important moment for the Western Balkans”, Escobar said, follows Periscope.

I have some proposals for our friends: Not to duplicate things, but to have a good integration. Have an institutional development plan. The priority of the Western Balkans is to increase economic power, but we have another opportunity, such as increasing conditions for foreign economic investment”, he said,Liqueper Periscope.

The possibilities of the Western Balkans are huge, there is a very good geographic position, there are amazing resources. We support the Western Balkans and we want to help you build the Western Balkans. BP has potential to be the centre of reproductive energy. It has the capacity to be the natural gas center”, he said. /PERISCOP/