Pendarovski: Kosovo should join Open Balkan Initiative

“They should absolutely join but I think, based on my latest talks with Kosovo President (Vjosa Osmani) and earlier with their Prime Minister (Albin Kurti) that they are farther away from Open Balkan that the entire Western Balkans,” Pendarovski told Skoplje-based TV 24.

The North Macedonia President said he had some reservations about the initiative but added that he does not see any political components to it. “What reinforces my conviction that this will be a purely trade, economic initiative is the fact that Montenegro Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic and Bosnia-Herzegovina’s government head Zoran Tegeltija joined in the latest summit as observers,” he said.