Political disagreements hindering economic cooperation – Kosovo FM

Behgjet Pacolli, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, attended the World Economic Forum, which is being held as part of the EU-Western Balkans summit in Sofia, Bulgaria. Pacolli said that regional cooperation in the Western Balkan region is crucial to economic development.

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