Bulgaria and North Macedonia will be Connected via another Border Crossing

A new border checkpoint will be built between Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia, the press center of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works announced. The strategic project for the Klepalo border checkpoint between Strumyani and Berovo will provide another link between the two countries and help develop economic co-operation and tourism.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Grozdan Karadjov and his Macedonian counterparts - Ministers of Transport and Communications Blagoy Bochvarski and local government Goran Milevski - agreed to speed up work on the border crossing. The ministers took part in a meeting of the working group "Infrastructure, Transport, Connectivity" in the framework of the government meeting between the two countries.

Three Memoranda were signed Today between Bulgaria and North Macedonia

The construction of the new border checkpoint will be financed with 10.3 million euros from the Bulgaria-North Macedonia Cross-Border Cooperation Program in the period 2021-2027. It will complete and rehabilitate the roads leading to the border from Strumyani and Berovo. Ministers outlined steps to speed up the construction of the Klepalo border checkpoint. The first formal meeting of the Joint Expert Commission to determine its parameters is expected by the end of February.

Bulgaria has started working on improving the roads to the future checkpoint. Preventive repairs have been carried out approximately 20 km from the third-class road Strumyani - Razdol. For the remaining about 17 km to the border, a project has been prepared with two options for the construction of the route. The Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA)expert commission will...