The Spokesperson of the Russian Government Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the recent events concerning the accession of Macedonia to NATO, said that the integration in the Alliance is Macedonia’s sovereign right. “That’s the sovereign affair of Macedonia itself. We appreciate and value our good relations with Macedonia and are interested in cultivating our relations. However, as far as efforts to ...

Tomorrow, we are waiting for an official announcement from the NATO headquarters in Brussels that Macedonia will be presented with an official membership invitation at the upcoming summit of the Alliance on July 11-12, said Stevo Pendarovski, the country’s National NATO Coordinator. “NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will make the announcement the Macedonian citizens have been waiting for years. It ...

The NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s 98th Rose-Roth Seminar started in Skopje on Wednesday. The three-day event is dedicated to “Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Western Balkans: Reinforcing the European Peace Project”. PS Talat Xhaferi said he was convinced the name agreement between Skopje and Athens would be fully implemented by the two sides by the end of 2018 at the latest and ...

Within the frameworks of his visit to Vienna, PM Zoran Zaev delivered an address in the Austrian Institute for International Affairs, which, together with the European Fund for the Balkans and the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group, organised the debate “Towards a Common European Future for Southeastern Europe: The Case of Macedonia”. As he pointed out, in one year, ...

Government spokesperson Mile Bosnjakovski said on Tuesday that President Gjorge Ivanov’s decision and non-signing of the decree for ratification of the name agreement would not impact the deal’s implementation. “As far as Ivanov’s decision is concerned, it had been expected. However, it doesn’t affect the steps, i.e. the implementation of the stages of the agreement. The Greek government has already ...

NATO Sec Gen Jens Stoltenberg specified on Monday the conditions for Macedonia getting an invitation. “Of course, the decision will be taken by Heads of State and Government at our Summit in July, but I expect and I hope that the Heads of State and Government can agree to start accession talks. Then, of course, we’ll all be able to ...

In a phone call with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged expressed support for Macedonia’s NATO and EU road. “Secretary Pompeo urged French Foreign Minister Le Drian to support NATO extending an invitation to Macedonia to join, as well as the EU opening accession talks, following the signing of the name agreement between ...

In a letter sent to her NATO counterparts, Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska asks them for support for a membership invitation for Macedonia at the July Summit. As the Defence Ministry said in Sunday’s press-release, Sekerinska also had phone conversations with some of them. “I’m writing to you following the reaching of the historic agreement with Greece over the name. This ...