The United States backs the Open Balkan initiative on one condition – that all countries of the region are fully and equally in it and that it’s fully aligned with the EU principles, the US Ambassador to Montenegro, Judy Rising Reinke, has said.
In an interview for Voice of America (VoA), she said that there’s a set of conditions which must be met for the US to back this initiative. “Open Balkans must be completely and equally open for all six countries of the Western Balkans.”
The Ambassador also adds that no footnote references or special requirements will be considered.
According to her, this would give the WB countries the chance to build up their economies, set up norms and regulatory principles for free movement of people, goods and funds, and prepare them better on their road to the EU.
