Before the start of the meeting of Western Balkan leaders in Skopje, the acting Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, said that at last night's dinner with regional leaders and representatives of the European Union they discussed the EU Growth Plan for the six Western Balkan countries. In a statement to the Macedonian media, he said that in Skopje, after the operationalization of the joint border control between Kosovo and North Macedonia at the Han i Elezit-Bllacë and Glloboçicë-Jazhincë points.
"We had a preliminary dinner last night, where we discussed the Growth Plan. It is a pleasure for me to come to Skopje, especially now that we have the joint checkpoints Han i Elezit-Bllacë and Glloboçicë-Jazhincë. These are the result of the joint agreements we made with the Mickoski government on November 18 last year in Pristina, at the joint meeting of our two governments. It is always a pleasure to come to Skopje," he said.
The Growth Plan is a new EU framework for accelerating reforms for European integration of the entire region, which combines reforms with direct financial contributions from EU funds to the budgets of beneficiary countries and investment projects.
With the implementation of these reforms, Kosovo will benefit from up to 882.6 million euros in EU funds. Of this total amount, 253.3 million euros are grants, while the remaining 629.3 million euros are long-term loans.
The disbursement of pre-financing funds for Kosovo in the amount of 61 million euros under the EU Growth Plan is linked to the approval of two international agreements in the Assembly, which, due to the impossibility of constituting the ninth legislature, cannot happen now. This situation, according to experts on European integration, if it continues further, will jeopardize the receipt of these funds. (A2 Televizion)
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