Blocking the border from the Macedonian side is causing huge economic losses to this country, while the image of both countries gets weaken , therefore, request the businesses of both countries is to be released as soon as the border and reach an agreement acceptable.
It was said at the meeting of the Kosovo Business Alliance officials Macedonian Economic Chamber and the Macedonian-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce, where they talked about the Import-Export blockade between Kosovo and Macedonia and their effect on the economy of both countries.
Sunrise Shahin, president of the Kosovo Business Alliance, emphasized that Kosovo since 2010, until June of this year, imported from Macedonia 1 billion of euros worth goods, while for the same period has been exported of 73.7 million euros, an imbalance of trade falls 93 percent in favor of the Government of Macedonia. “This jam is losing most of the Macedonian economy, but above all is lost free movement of citizens is lost image of our country. These countries trying to promote democratic values, integral values, and this has a negative effect on the economy of our two countries. These last three days of Macedonia has lost a value of 4.8 million euros, while Kosovo has lost 500 thousand euros, for these small states is a great value, “said Shahin.
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Zoran Temelkovski, Macedonian-Bulgarian Economic chairman, stated that irrespective of who is the culprit, blockade and embargo set will greatly harm both countries. He has requested that this issue be resolved as soon as possible. “I think that at this point at least two neighboring countries need such a blockade. Because you know that blockades and embargoes cause damage to the economy, output from the system of legal regulations. In such cases becomes a powerful individual and the state budget suffers evasion and this affects the overall standard of the citizens “, he claimed.
But Menderes Kuqi, president of the Chamber of Commerce of North-West Macedonia, said that the measures imposed by Kosovo authorities to block Macedonia's goods, was unexpected. However, he has requested that this issue be resolved according to the conventions in force. “
