North Macedonia’s Government decided to allow entry to citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro without the requirement to present a negative PCR test at the border as of Monday, North Macedonian Prime Minister, Zoran Zaev, wrote on social media.

“Based on coordination with the Ministries of Health from the region, today at the session of the Government of the Republic of Northern Macedonia we made the decision to allow the unimpeded entry of foreign citizens from the Republic of Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, without a medical certificate including a negative RT PCR SARS CoV-2 test,” Zaev posted on Facebook.

He said that it was also agreed that North Macedonian citizens travel to these countries without the obligation to submit a negative test, based on the principle of reciprocity.

North Macedonia closed its borders at the beginning of the pandemic and reopened them in mid-June, but with measures introduced to prevent the spread of the virus which include requirements for foreigners entering the country to present negative COVID-19 tests no older than 72 hours.