Tirana, 20 December 2021 (MIA) – Following the sincere welcome from my Albanian colleagues, we begin the Open Balkan working dinner together with President Vucic and our host, PM Rama. Tomorrow we continue with the working agenda, signing several agreements that benefit our people, says Prime Minister Zoran Zaev ahead of tomorrow’s seventh meeting of the Open Balkan initiative in Tirana. The Macedonian delegation also includes Deputy Finance Minister Dimitar Kovachevski, Deputy Agriculture Minister Trajan Dimkovski and businessmen. “Since the first meeting in Skopje, we have shown that strong political will can be transformed into swift functioning of our institutions. Through this, we are reaffirming the country’s capacity for fast, efficient, progressive reforms and regional cooperation policies,” PM Zaev says in a Facebook post. This evening, Albanian PM Rama welcomed the Macedonian and Serbian delegations for a working dinner in Elbasan, also attended by Alexander Soros, son of billionaire investor George Soros, MIA reports from Tirana. On Tuesday, Zaev, Rama and Vucic are set to meet ahead of the Open Balkan conference. Besides the three leaders, European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi, Regional Cooperation Council Secretary-General Majlinda Bregu, Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) Secretariat Director Emir Djikic and Transport Community Director Matej Zakonjsek will also address the meeting, followed by a joint press conference.