State of play in regional transport, future activities, possibilities for enlargement of the “green lanes” concept for the purpose of facilitating transport with neighboring EU member-states and road safety are the topics of discussion of the ministerial Transport Community Ministerial Council, including Minister of Transport and Communications Blagoj Bochvarski, at Brdo pri Kranju on Monday.
Minister Bochvarski addressed the event, saying the green lanes set up during the pandemic represent an excellent example of fast transport of commodities and medical supplies, avoiding bottlenecks at borders, the Ministry of Transport and Communications said in a press release.
“The major achievement of the initiative is to maintain the regional trade flows, resulting in significant economic benefits and practical settlement of the population’s urgent needs during the pandemic,” said Bochvarski.
Ministers of transport from North Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro, and representatives of the Transport Community Secretariat and the European Commission discussed the new Strategy for Sustainable and Smart Mobility in the Western Balkans, and updating the countries’ lists of EU legislation.
At the meeting sidelines, Bochvarski met with counterparts from Kosovo and Serbia, Liburn Aliu and Tomislav Momirovic respectively.
Bochvarski and Aliu referred to road transport between the two countries, exchanging information on the construction of motorway Skopje-Blace and plans for construction of a joint railway border station, while discussions with Momirovic focused on modernization of the road and railway Corridor 10 infrastructure, and the construction of a joint railway station at the Tabanovce border crossing.
On Tuesday, Minister Bochvarski is set to take part at the Ministerial Meeting on Cross-Border Connectivity between the EU and the Western Balkans, held in the framework of the Slovenian EU Presidency, reads the press release.
