Deputy Prime Minister Fatmir Bytyqi said that it is high time to complete the Kicevo – Ohrid highway, where construction was stopped by the Zaev Government in 2017, citing alleged issues with the planned route. Officials in the Government, mainly First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi, are trying to take the contract from the Chinese Sinohydro company and give it to the favored American Bechtel company, and recently the Government met with Chinese representatives to decide what next.

I think that the company needs to give firm guarantees that it can rise to the challenge of completing the project. It is high time we got guarantees, Bytyqi said.