Joint regional projects, Ministers Gjosha, Haxhinasto and Ahmetaj meeting with Director of DG at EC Paquet

Strengthening of regional economic ties and joint projects of the Western Balkans countries in four concrete areas (infrastructure, energy , SMEs, investment in human resources, tourism) were the main topics under discussion during the meeting.
The spirit of cooperation highlighted in the Berlin Conference on August 28,2014 was described as the key to acceleration of reforms in the regional countries and promotion of integration.
Participants also stressed the importance for the countries in the region and EU to come up with joint solutions for an approach to political, socio-economic issues in the Western Balkans.
Paquet also emphasized the importance of an investment by both parties: the role of parties in the region to come to consensus on investments for development of the region and the role of EU member countries and EU itself to support them financially.
Participants also touched on effective use of concrete tools for selection of projects at national and regional level to best use the financial resources absorbed for their implementation.