In the frames of his visit to Paris, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Timco Mucunski held meetings with Senator Marta de Cidrac, Chair of the Interparliamentary Friendship Group with the Western Balkans.
“At the meeting in the French Senate, the importance of parliamentary diplomacy in building stable and overall relations between the two countries was highlighted. There was a discussion on the European perspective of North Macedonia and the region, as well as on the opportunities to deepen political and economic ties. There was special emphasis on the consistent support from France for the Macedonian EU-integration process”, the Ministry said.
Mucunski also met with French President Emmanuel Macron’s Continental Europe-Turkey Adviser, Bertrand Buchwalter.
Matters of common interest, including current geopolitical challenges in Europe, the importance of regional cooperation, North Macedonia’s partnership and contribution in the frames of NATO, as well as the further strengthening of cooperation in the context of European and regional stability, was discussed.
Also, in an interview with Kanal 5 from Paris, Mucunski stated that a response from Sofia was yet to come regarding the initiative of European heads to organize a meeting between Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and his counterpart, Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in The Hague.
Also, he said he was calling on Sofia to stop the blackmails and be a factor of stability in the region. Regarding MEP and Rapporteur Thomas Waitz’s draft report, he stated that that it painted a concrete picture of the Macedonian identity and language.