Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) President Marko Cadez and US special envoy for Kosovo Matthew Palmer said that stronger regional economic integration and cooperation is crucial to economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic, a press release said on Wednesday.
It added that they also agreed on the need to form a common Western Balkans area and the wider inclusion of the region in the legal and economic system of the European Union following the pandemic.
Cadez and Palmer said in their telephone conversation that a special fund needs to be set up to support stronger regional cooperation. “The problems our economies are facing in this health crisis have shown the importance of setting up a common regional economic area based on free movement of people, goods, services and capital,” he is quoted as saying.
Media reports said that Serbian goods, such as biscuits, cooking oil and hygiene products, have found their way back into retail outlets across Kosovo, a year after they were removed following the introduction of 100 percent tariffs.