The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and President Gjorge Ivanov have reached an agreement for a vacant ambassadorial position in Brussels, announced today the Head of the Macedonian diplomacy, Nikola Dimitrov.
-It is correct that we are int he final phase of the first round of filling in the vacant positions for ambassadors and in the first round, our mission in the European Union is also included.I wouldn’t want to, during this phase, since the procedure is ongoing at the moment, to talk about names, but the accent is given to career diplomats – said Dimitrov.
At the moment, there are 13 vacant ambassadorial positions, out of which 12 are in Europe and one in China, including 3 consular positions, and Macedonia doesn’t have ambassadors either in the EU or in the mission of the UN in Geneva. At the moment, the duties of these positions are done by acting managers.
For now, the names and number of people that will be ambassadors in Brussels, London, Paris, Oslo, talin, Warsaw, Bucharest, Zagreb, Podgorica, Bern, Madrid, Beijing, and Prague are not known.
