RCC official says region could save millions with integrated border crossing

RCC Secretary General Majlinda Bregu said that the six governments of the region, CEFTA and the european Commission decided to launch the Green Crossing initiative which would allow the fast movement of goods across borders and do away with the long waits facing truckers.

Officials from CEFTA and the customs services of Serbia and North Macedonia as well as the Transport Union visited the Presevo-Tabanovci border crossing between Serbia and North Macedonia to see the effects of joint customs control. That is Serbia’s only integrated border crossing.

Bregu said that the countries of the Western Balkans should agree to keep border crossing open 24 hours a day, saving millions in delays.

Transport Community official Matej Zakonjsek voiced the hope that this will be possible across the region as well as with European Union member states.

Serbian and North Macedonian customs officials said that the delays have been reduced significantly at the Presevo-Tabanovce crossing while drivers say that they wait for no more than two hours compared to 20 or more before the integrated crossing was set up.