Dutch Prime Minister: Initiatives as Open Balkans Speed up Integration

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has indicated that regional initiatives such as the Open Balkans accelerate the Western Balkan countries' membership process and enable tensions to become unaffordable. Asked by Euronews Albania at a joint news conference in Amsterdam with Prime Minister Edi Rama, Rutte said he would [...]
Asked by Euronews Albania at a joint news conference in Amsterdam with Prime Minister Edi Rama, Rutte said he would recommend any platform that makes Western Balkan countries together on issues of common interest.
“I would congratulate and recommend any kind of platforms that enable countries to discuss positive things and issues that common interest. I think the idea is to move free trade zone between countries, that accelerates the membership process and helps to ensure tensions do not become affordable”, he said.











