Skopje: No HPP if not good for both countries

The Macedonian Minister of Economy, valon Saracini, declared that the hydropower plant will not be built if Albania will be against, since Skopje cannot violate the international agreements for inter-border projects.

““Officially, we cannot ask the Albanian government to give us an opinion about this project, because we don’t have a final project yet. The project has not secured the financial means yet, because the World Bank has not distributed them. There is no final study about its affect on the environment. In the government meeting, the Prime Minister declared that it will not be realized if it will affect the environment”, declared Valon Saracini, Minister of Economy in Macedonia.

The Minister of Economy in Macedonia, Valon Saracini, discussed about this topic with his Albanian counterpart, Damian Gjiknuri, in the meeting that was held in Skopje on November 2013.

“We decided to establish a joint group that will cooperate in a technical level, to see the impacts, the history, and to find the current necessary instruments for finding a solution in accordance with the obligations of both countries, based on international laws, and through the water agreements that have turned into a tradition between our countries. It is very important to underline that it is good for the public of both countries, and we are not leaving anything to chance. The solution will be a profit for both countries”, Gjiknuri declared.

The Albanian Ministers in the Macedonian government guarantee the Dibra citizens that they will block the construction of the Lukova hydropower plant if the environment is in danger.

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