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Regional cooperation crucial for success of countries of Western Balkans

Novi Sad, 22 December 2022

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said today in Novi Sad that regional cooperation is one of the keys to success for all countries in the Western Balkans, stressing that they will be more successful in the future to the extent that they succeed in cooperating, first of all in the field of economy, but also in infrastructure projects.

At the panel discussion "Regional economic integration as a response to global economic trends", held after the two-day conference "One region - one market, a step towards the EU common market", Brnabic pointed out the importance of better transport connections in the region, as well as development in the fields of education, innovation, science and exchange of experiences, especially of young people.

I would like everyone on the side to have even less time to deal with us, because I think that we know each other well, that we understand quite well what the recent past was like and how many troubles and problems have brought us all, while we understand more and more what the potential is in a different approach to our future, the Prime Minister pointed out.

She pointed out that the "Open Balkans" initiative is the last in a series of regional initiatives that were autochthonously launched from these parts.

We are a small region and each country is operationally small, with a small population. If we do not learn to respect each other, work, connect and perform together, our development and growth will not be as fast and high-quality, sustainable, as we all need to make up for lost time, Brnabic pointed out.

The conference "One region - one market, a step towards the EU common market" was held yesterday and today in the Master Congress Centre of the Novi Sad Fair.

This is the seventh time that this important conference was held in Novi Sad, and local, regional and European togetherness was discussed.

The conference was organised by the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina in partnership with the National Alliance for Local Economic Development (NALED), the Regional Forum of Young Leaders of the Region, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia (PKS) and the Chamber of Commerce of Vojvodina (PKV), with the support of the City of Novi Sad.