Kovachevski to meet Vučić and Brnabić in Belgrade on Friday

Belgrade, 30 March 2023 (MIA) – Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić will meet with North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski in Belgrade on Friday, Vučić's Office said in a press release.

The meeting will be held at 9:00 am, and will be followed by a press release.

The official visit to Belgrade by the Macedonian delegation led by PM Kovachevski, which also includes several ministers, will continue at Palace Serbia with an official welcoming ceremony and a tête-à-tête meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, followed by a plenary meeting of the government delegations and a joint press conference by the Prime Ministers, MIA's Belgrade correspondent reports.

In addition, several documents are to be signed at a ceremony in the attendance of Brnabić and Kovachevski.

The Government adopted Wednesday memoranda of understanding with Serbia over improved flow of people and goods across the border and the electronic payment of tolls.

The memo on measures to improve the flow of people and goods is to jointly review possibilities in this regard, especially at Presevo-Tabanovce border crossing, the Government said in a press release.

The measures include expansion of access roads to the border crossing, putting and improving traffic signals, setting up new border procedures for accelerated crossing of passengers and inspection of people and vehicles at the border crossing.

The memo on e-tolls aims to support the efforts of both governments to meet the objectives for free movement of people, goods, services, capital and open borders, as well as continuation of the development, modernization and integration of the road infrastructure in the Western Balkans, said the press release.