PM Dimitar Kovacevski held a meeting on Thursday with State Minister for European and International Affairs of the German Federal State of Bavaria Melanie Hulm, who paid an official visit to Skopje. At the meeting, the interlocutors discussed the integration of North Macedonia in the EU in context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis in Ukraine, with PM Kovacevski pointing out that these events have accented the importance of sooner EU integration for the country. He also informed about the ongoing negotiations with Bulgaria and the progress realised so far, pointing out that he and Bulgarian PM Petkov are willing to reach solutions.