TIRANA, April 12 – Albania’s Interior Minister Bledi Çuçi and his Kosovo counterpart Xhelal Sveçla signed in Tirana on Wednesday the protocol that further improves the regime of free cross-border movement for residents of the areas on both sides of the Albania-Kosovo border in the frame of the agreement signed last year.
According to the two ministers, this protocol is another step forward in this facilitating process, because in addition to the freedom of movement on foot, the passage by vehicles is also added for the daily life needs of these residents.
After signing the protocol, Minister Svelça said that “our continuous work is bringing results, it requires continuous improvement of agreements in order to facilitate the lives of citizens and be at their service as much as possible.”
Minister Çuçi said “I would like to have only one agreement, to have no border at all and this free movement that we are enabling border residents within 30 km of each country to be for the entire territory of Kosovo and Albania.”
Çuçi said that the current improvements are in function of facilitating movement for citizens and it is very interesting when the agreement is seen implemented on the ground. /Argumentum.al
