The business community gathered by the Western Balkan Chambers of Commerce will work together with the experts of the Transport Community on removing obstacles that will facilitate the transport of goods and reduce the time spent at road and railway border crossings within the region and with the European Union, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce announced today.
This was agreed at today’s meeting between the President of the Board of Directors of the Chamber Investment Forum of the Western Balkans and the President of PKS Marko Cadez and the Director of the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community based in Belgrade Matej Zakonjesk.
Cadez said that the “green corridors” of the Western Balkans were established in record time, in just one month, and that by activating additional lanes on the border with Hungary and Croatia – especially in Horgos and Batrovci – and opening smaller crossings for empty trucks, which businessmen insist on, significantly accelerated the flow of goods to the European Union and reduced transport costs.
Better organization and capacity building at border crossings, according to Matej Zakonjsek, would contribute to facilitating the region’s trade with the EU and better utilization of the potential of railway and other modes of transport, which the Transport Community advocates in communication with institutions in Brussels.
Zakonjsek emphasized the importance of engaging and supporting the private sector in the realization of these goals, the SCC stated in a statement.
Representatives of the Comoros Investment Forum and the Transport Community agreed to organize joint workshops at which businessmen from the transport and logistics sector will present concrete proposals for improvements that are possible in the shortest possible time, but also joint activities in the medium and long term.
One such project, it was announced, could be the establishment of an electronic platform for more efficient exchange of information important for road freight transport of goods through the six Western Balkan economies and from the region to the EU, Danas reports.
