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Apart from Merkel, Kurtz and Stoltenberg set to visit this week regarding the referendum

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev announced last week that German and Austrian Chancellors Angela Merkel and Sebastian Kurz, as well as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg are scheduled to visit this week. At the tribune in Berovo, he stressed that "the fact that three world statesmen will visit Skopje this week, is another positive sign, recognition and support for Macedonia." "Stoltenberg arrives on...

Stoltenberg formally hands over NATO invitation to Zaev

Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, has handed over a formal invitation to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to begin membership negotiations today in Brussels. “The agreement over the name has removed all obstacles to opening accession talks. You have made crucial progress that paves the way for your country to become a full member of NATO. Now, detailed accession negotiations...

Zaev: We have seen the place where our flag will be raised at NATO

We have seen the place where our flag will be raised as the 30th member of the Alliance. We have been waiting for this since 2008, when it was concluded that we have achieved the standards. Since then, we have actively participated in NATO missions to combat global terrorism and extremist threats. The members of the ARM are trusted...

The invitation to Macedonia for NATO membership was listed on the agenda for the July summit

Today the North Atlantic Council adopted a unanimous political decision to list Macedonia's NATO invitation at the NATO summit in Brussels on 11 and 12 July, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told parliament today during his closing speech before ratification of the agreement with Greece on a solution regarding the name dispute. “I received this happy news a few minutes ago,...

Stoltenberg: Historic solution to name dispute will set Macedonia on its path to NATO

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the agreement over the name dispute reached by Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras and called on both countries to finalize the agreement. "I warmly welcome the agreement reached between Prime Ministers Tsipras and Zaev on a solution to the name dispute between Athens and Skopje. This historic agreement is testament to many...

Stoltenberg: Russia does not decide on Macedonia’s NATO membership

Today, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that only Macedonia and the 29 Alliance members can decide on the country's membership in the Alliance, reported MIA. At a press conference the day before the meeting between NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, Secretary-General Stoltenberg asked to comment on the statements of the Russian ambassador to Macedonia that the country would become...

Stoltenberg calls for flexibility in name negotiations

Today, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called for flexibility in the negotiations between Macedonia and Greece regarding the name dispute at a press conference in Brussels. “I would be very careful and I would not speculate about the possibility for an agreement. We have a UN mediator, who now presents some proposals about how to resolve the name issue. I hope...

Tsipras to Stoltenberg: It’s important we adhere to the Bucharest Summit

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had a telephone conversation with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras yesterday, informing him about his recent visit to the Republic of Macedonia, Greek media reported. Tsipras congratulated Stoltenberg's statements on the name dispute with the neighboring country, stressing the importance of consistently adhering to the Bucharest Summit declaration. At that meeting in 2008, Alliance members concluded...

Stoltenberg: The door is open, but crossing the threshold requires serious work

NATO's door is open to new members, but crossing the threshold requires serious work, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in an address to MPs, the state leadership and the heads of several institutions at a session of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia. In it, he specifically addressed and commended the ratification of the Treaty on good neighborly...

VMRO-DPMNE will temporarily return to Parliament for Stoltenberg’s speech

MPs from VMRO-DPMNE will attend Parliament on Thursday to hear NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s speech, who is coming tomorrow to visit the country. However, for now, the return of the opposition to the benches will be only for this occasion, as for the future, the party says, they will inform the general public in a timely manner. “We have been...

Gottemoeller: Montenegro’s entry into NATO means that the doors are open for Macedonia too

NATO members and the international community were horrified by the violence in Parliament this April and we welcome the progress that has been made ever since, said NATO Deputy Secretary General, Rose Gottemoeller, at a joint press conference with defense ministers and foreign ministers of Macedonia, Radmila Šekerinska and Nikola Dimitrov, who are visiting NATO headquarters in Brussels. She reminded...

Ivanov demands that the European Council engage and condemn the Platform

The Tirana platform is a document that represents an ultimatum and it has suspended the Agreement from Przino in which the European Union has invested all of its foreign–political credibility, said the letter that was sent by President Gjorge Ivanov to the members of the European Council, the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, the General Secretary of...

Stolenberg: Signatures have been collected, I expect the authorities to fulfil the next step

Following one attempt to form a government, in line with the requirements specified by the President, enough MPs’ signatures have now been collected . I look to the authorities in Skopje to fulfil the next step in the democratic process, said a written statement by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, referring to political developments in the country. He calls on all...

Stoltenberg: Ivanov has to revoke pardons and not ruin Macedonia’s NATO chances

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, today warned that Macedonia should not let its political crisis wreck its hopes of joining the Northern Atlantic Alliance, according to "Reuters" In his first public remarks on the crisis, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged President Gjorge Ivanov to revoke the pardons he granted politicians and their associates. "The door of NATO is still open, but...