AEGEAN EXPORTERS SHOW GREAT INTEREST IN NORTHERN MACEDONIA...

VIP interest in Egeli fresh fruit and vegetable exporters in Northern Macedonia...

Prepared to become a NATO member in December as the gateway to Europe in the Balkans, which aims to start full membership negotiations with the European Union in October, Northern Macedonia has set its sights on attracting foreign investors to the country. The Macedonians hosted the Chairman of Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters' Association Hayrettin Uçak and Board members in the form of VIP delegation in Skopje.

Hayrettin Uçak and Board members who went to Northern Macedonia with the invitation of Zoran Zaev, the Prime Minister of Northern Macedonia also came together with Minister of Foreign Investments Zorica Apostolska, Elvin Hasan, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Trajan Dimkovski met with Branko Azeski, President of the Economic Chamber of Northern Macedonia, and Boris Georgievski, Mayor of Gazi Baba.

While the delegation of Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association got the promise from the Prime Minister of Northern Macedonia, Zoran Zaev to increase the 8,000 tons of quota applied in the export of Turkish citrus products to Macedonia, to abolish the customs duty on carbonated drinks and fruit juices and to operate the Macedonian customs at the weekend also learned about incentives for investments in Macedonia from Zorica Apotolska, Minister of Foreign Investments.

Voicing that the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Minister Trajan Dimkovska, the Executive Committee of Agriculture Meetings between Northern Macedonia and Turkey will be held, one of Northern Macedonia cabinet members, Turkish origin minister Elvin Hasan announced that they will start efforts to expand the scope of the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries.

Aegean exporters who went to Northern Macedonia under the chairmanship of Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Mehmet Hadi Tunç had the opportunity to listen in detail the advantages they would get if they invested in Northern Macedonia at each meeting.