Common Kosovo crossing is inaugurated today - RMV in Blace, a single policeman will control citizens

Kosovo's incumbent government and the Government of Northern Macedonia today will inaugurate the joint border crossing “Eating of Elesi's Blace”.
The ceremony will be held from 11:00 within the territory of Northern Macedonia.

During this ceremony, there may be a slowdown in circulation at this border point, the National Centre for Border Management suggested yesterday.

In this case, all citizens planning to exploit this border point are announced, that between 10:00 and 12:00 hours, there will be a slowdown in turn”, the report said.

Northern Macedonia's Minister of Internal Affairs Panche Toshkovski had announced in February that in April of this year, the functioning of the joint border control system, known as the “One Stop Shop”, at the point of Blace, connecting northern Macedonia with Kosovo.

According to Toshkovski, this system will simplify border procedures, allowing citizens of the two countries to be controlled by a single customs officer, reducing the waiting time “and facilitating the crossing of the border between the two states”.

“Under a joint platform )clouudʹ, data is shared between the two relevant ministries in order to enable the entry of Kosovo citizens into northern Macedonia and vice versa, only through consisting by a police official”, Toshkovski had said, reports the REL, broadcast. Periscope.

He had given April as last month when this would be officially operational.

These statements were made during a visit to the Blace border checkpoint, along with the first Deputy Prime Minister, Izet Mexhidi and his counterpart from Kosovo, incumbent Interior Affairs Minister Jelal Svecla.

Svechla had said this would reduce the time of citizens who cross the border.

For the citizens of both countries, it is very important that the transition be fast. It's for state bodies to make them safer. We are certainly using the latest achievements of technology to reduce bureaucracy, but not at the expense of security, but to the benefit of the citizens' time”.

The border checkpoint in Blace has recently faced long columns on both sides of the border. The process of establishing joint border points was launched in June 2024.