SERBIA AND KOSOVO SCRAP MEDICINES TRADE BLOCKAGE
September 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN AGREEMENT between Serbia and Kosovo involving Serb authorities recognising Kosovo customs stamps will remove a de facto bilateral trade blockade for a wide range of goods, including pharmaceuticals. The European Union has helped seal the deal - a spokesman declared: "The mutual trade embargoes will be lifted. This is an important step in...ensuring freedom of movement of goods...."
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AN AGREEMENT between Serbia and Kosovo involving Serb authorities recognising Kosovo customs stamps will remove a de facto bilateral trade blockade for a wide range of goods, including pharmaceuticals. The European Union has helped seal the deal - a spokesman declared: "The mutual trade embargoes will be lifted. This is an important step in...ensuring freedom of movement of goods...."
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