TIRANA, August 27 – If the measures imposed by the European Union against Kosovo are not removed, the damages that Kosovo will have will be over 500 million Euros. According to economic experts, these measures have affected businesses and producers.
The president of the Kosovar Alliance of Businesses, Agim Shahini, was quoted by TV Klan on Sunday as saying that the EU measures against Kosovo have affected the country’s economy.
“Measures undertaken by international institutions against Kosovo have almost affected the general political economy in integration and Kosovo is lagging in this direction. According to our preliminary calculations, if these measures continue further, the damages will be over 500 million Euros,” he said.
In the meantime the former president of the Chamber of Commerce of Kosovo, Safet Gërxhalliu, said that the government is minimizing the negative effects of these measures.
“I believe that it is time when these measures should be treated more seriously, not neglected. Unfortunately, it is happening in Kosovo that the government is minimizing the negative effects of these measures,” said Gërxhalliu.
Experts say that if this trend continues, Kosovo will not have economic growth or an improvement in the balance of payments. The EU imposed measures against Kosovo after the tension of the situation in the north of the country. /argumentum.al
