Violeta Bulc, left, and Ana Brnabic
Brnabic said that Belgrade's election is an important step in the implementation of the Transport Community Agreement, which was signed at the Western Balkans Summit in Trieste and added that it is of utmost importance that the decision was supported by all representatives of the region and the European Union.
Commissioner Bulc explained that the Transport Community is a formal framework in which the countries of the Western Balkans can devote themselves to joint projects and use financial mechanisms of the European Union.
According to her, the establishment of this community represents the possibility for creating a unique transport market for all countries of the Western Balkans, with infrastructure linking being the way to faster economic development of Serbia and the entire region.
Bulc also emphasised that the Agreement on the establishment of the Transport Community implies the application of the EU acquis in the field of transport, the simplification of administrative formalities and the basis for the improvement of transport infrastructure.
Brnabic stressed that Serbia remains committed to regional cooperation and economic integration of the Western Balkans, in which the establishment of the Transport Community is of great importance and once again expressed gratitude for the support of the European Union in choosing Belgrade as the seat of the Community.