President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova reassured citizens in an interview with Sitel that national security in North Macedonia remains at a high level, dismissing speculation about espionage. She argued there is “no logical basis” for such claims, pointing to the country’s robust institutional safeguards and the professionalism of its security services.
“There is no electronic base of classified documents in the President’s Office. All those documents are delivered to me in hard copy, and after I read them, I seal them and hand them over to an official certified to handle classified documents. Henceforth, I see no way for someone to breach these documents electronically at my office”, she said.
Siljanovska-Davkova also emphasized that the government’s priority continues to be the protection of Macedonian rights abroad, particularly in Bulgaria, where she urged for greater respect of minority rights. She believes that if official Sofia demands Bulgarian minority to be registered in the Constitution of North Macedonia, then they should reciprocate by recognizing the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria, as well as the Macedonian language.
Commenting on the latest ideas of German Chancellor Merz for integration of the Western Balkans in EU, Siljanovska-Davkova said that she prefers for North Macedonia to be fully integrated in the EU, but added that if full-fledged membership is no longer possible, alternatives like the idea of Chancellor Merz should be looked into.
She believes these proposals from the EU come not only because of the profiles of the Western Balkans and Moldova and Ukraine, but also because of EU’s need for internal reforms.