German Ambassador welcomes Kosovo’s Government decision to lift tariffs on Serbian goods

Gazeta Express

01/04/2020 20:07

German Ambassador to Kosovo, Christian Heldt, has welcomed Kosovo’s caretaker government decision to lift 100 percent tariff on Serbian and Bosnia-Herzegovina goods. Held has not mentioned Government’s move to replace tariffs with reciprocal measures, Gazeta Express reports.

“Germany welcomes decision of acting gov led by PM Albin Kurti to completely lift tariffs against goods from Serbia and BIH, introduced 2018. This is an important precondition for resumption of normalization dialogue. Task now to gradually rebuild trust for EU-led process to start soon,” Heldt said.

German Ambassador Heldt said that existing grievances like non-tariff barriers should be settled by -both- countries within existing EU-facilitated dialogue framework. The EU has offered support here which should be taken up to create level playing field for goods from both sides now,” Heldt said. Kosovo Government has lifted 100 percent tariffs on Serbian goods as of 1 April and announced replacing tariffs with gradual reciprocal measures. /GazetaExpress/