Kosovo with 14 regular border crossings points
04/03/2011
The border crossing point at Stanciq – Belanovc village is opened, at the border with Macedonia
The border crossing point at Stanciq – Belanovc village is opened, at the border with Macedonia
The Government of the Republic of Kosovo, in the second meeting of the new government composition, with decision 09/02 re-categorised the local border crossing point 'Stanciq” at the border with Macedonia as a regional border crossing point or a Category A border crossing. The initiative for this re-categorisation came from the Government of the Republic of Macedonia.
Kosovo so far has had only two border crossing points for road traffic with Macedonia, the Hani i Elezit and Glloboqica, while a border crossing point for railway traffic between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia was only that Hani i Elezit.
For the moment the border crossing in the villages Stanciq – Bellanovc from the side of Macedonia is only of a local character, while the internationalisation of thus border crossing would hugely facilitate the flow of citizens and goods of this region covered by this border crossing.
According to the National Strategy of the Republic of Kosovo for the Integrated Border Management, approved in April 2008, the Republic of Kosovo has 13 regular border crossings and two provisional ones – in Krushqeve and Orqushe. Additionally, in May of 2009 the Government had temporarily opened another two provisional border crossing points with Albania, Glloboqice – Borje and Gorozhub – Pogaj. With the addition of this border crossing, Kosovo will now have 14 regular border crossings.
This project will be financed by IPA, a financial instrument of the European Commission.
