[Saranda-L] Cross-border projects to be discussed in Ioannina

[Silke Blumbach]

                        Cross-border projects to be discussed in
Ioannina on
                                            Monday

                       SARANDE, April 2 (ATA)-By Sh. Hajno, The
Albanian-Greek
                       Technical Commission will convene in Ioannina,
Greece, on
                       Monday to discuss several projects of the
cross-border
                       region, sources close to the Sarande district
Council
                       reported on Sunday.
                       Besides government representatives attending the
meeting
                       will be officials from Vlore and Gjirokaster as
well as
                       representatives of the Sarande and Permet
district councils,
                       the sources said.
                       According to the chairman of this council, Thoma
Papagjika,
                       "the aim of the Ioannina meeting will be to
discuss
                       implementation of the cross-border projects for
building the
                       Qafe Bote-Sarande road and the construction of
Tri Urat on
                       the border area of Perment".
                       The bid for the technical project of the Qafe
Bote-Sarande
                       road, 35 km. long, has been won by the Greek firm
"Prizma",
                       which is envisaged to end within October this
year.
                       The Qafe Bote - Sarande road, the construction of
the
                       customs compound of Qafe Bote, as well as the
                       construction of Tri Urat in Permet were included
in the
                       cross-border projects financed by the EU five
years,
                       through the Cross-Border programme. This
programme
                       mainly encourages investments in infrastructure
in the
                       states bordering EU states.
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