Albania and Kosovo have established on Saturday the new border crossing Shishtavec-Krushev for the passage of Albanians from Kosovo to Albania and vice versa.

After the agreement signed at the meeting of the two governments in November 2021, Albania and Kosovo already have another common border point Shishtavec-Krushevo, while very soon it is expected that the inhabitants of the border zone areas will move freely in both countries.

Meanwhile, the opening ceremony was attended by the Ministers of Interior of the two countries, Bledi Çuçi and Xhelal Sveçla, as well as the police leaders in Albania and Kosovo.

"In our joint agenda started with the signing of three agreements, this is one of the important steps in the implementation of these agreements.

We should consider it a country, not a foreign one, but a country that temporarily has some regimes that complicate our mobility a bit, but very soon we will remove them and I am confident that our generation will live and enjoy this vision that we have in mind the will of the two governments in Albania and Kosovo", said Minister Çuçi.

Following his speech, Minister Çuçi also stressed that the opening of this joint border point will unleash the potentials of tourism development in the area.

"Both sides of the border are areas with extraordinary potentials for tourism development, which can be frequented by tourists from both countries, but also by foreign tourists who are not few in this area", said Cuci.

On his part, the Minister of Interior of Kosovo said that the opening of this new joint border point is a proof of the will of the two governments in Tirana and Pristina to overcome all obstacles and make life easier for the citizens.

"Until today, this border point has been of category C. From today it passes to category B. This means that from a part-time job, we will now have a border point that will serve the citizens 24/7. "Passing in category B, we will have a border point that will also serve the citizens of third countries", said Minister Sveçla.

Afterwards, the two ministers then signed a Protocol for the Conduct of Joint Border Control Activities in Shishtavec-Krushevo.

The working groups of the two Ministries of Interior in Albania and Kosovo are working on the implementation of the third agreement signed at the joint meeting of governments in November 2021.

This agreement will enable the free movement of residents of border areas, 30 km inside Albania and 30 km inside Kosovo.