“The agreement is a strong signal to credit agencies and investors and shows how much the United States is interested in working with us on important projects,” said Aleksandar Vucic.
“The Americans will work with us and supervise large projects – the construction of a highway to Pristina, so the Albanians will have to do their part of the way. We agreed on how to build the railway and how to connect Pristina with central Serbia via Merdare,” said Vucic.
The President of Serbia stated that the agreement signed in Washington implies that the American Development Fund opens an office only in Belgrade, not in Pristina, as nowhere else in the region, and pointed out that he is very proud of that.
In a statement to the media, Vucic said that it meant a “strong signal” to all credit agencies, a signal to investors, both American and Western European, to invest in our country.
As he said, the agreement says how the Export Bank of America will support the projects and how to make the crossing over Merdare more efficient.
“Besides that, the Albanians have committed themselves to join Mini-Schengen – there will be a single market, which means a freer flow of goods and people, there are no more obstacles, and since we have the most powerful economy, that suits us best,” Vucic pointed out.
“That is important for Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija. That is important for all citizens of Serbia,” he added.
The two sides agreed to work together with the US authorities on a feasibility study to share the energy resources of Lake Gazivoda, he said.
“Today, US President Donald Trump boasted of an unemployment rate of 8.4 percent, and in our country it is 7.3 percent. That shows how we are progressing and that we can catch up and overtake those who have been ahead of us for decades,” the Serbian president underlined.
“We have made a good agreement for Serbia, a huge step forward has been made. It is very important for us to directly regulate relations with the world’s largest power through this agreement and to deal with the economy first and foremost,” Vucic posted on his Instagram profile, B92 reports.
