US strongly support North Macedonia in realizing its strategic goals – full-fledged NATO membership and start of negotiations with the European Union. This was stated by Matthew Palmer, US Special Envoy for the Balkans, at a meeting with Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska at the Strategic Forum being held in Bled, […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, congratulating August 18 Army Day to all members of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia, said our troops are committed to equal partnership with our allies and show ability to jointly maintain regional and international peace and stability. “I would like to congratulate members of the Army […]
The US Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker, who is visiting North Macedonia, met early Friday with the Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. Reeker, who was accompanied by US Ambassador Kate Marie Byrnes, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after meeting with Dimitrov, is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, […]
Turkey would remain a key member of the alliance despite its decision to purchase the Russian S-400 missile-defense system, while acknowledging that the move created a “difficult situation”, Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, said on Wednesday. Stoltenberg also said that Turkey can still be included in NATO’s integrated air […]
On Wednesday at a ministerial council, France’s Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs presented a bill to approve the ratification of North Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol. “The entry into force of North Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol will allow the country to become the 30th member of the Alliance, once all 29 NATO member states have […]
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Thursday he has talked with Russian Ambassador Sergey Bazdnikin and will meet him as part of their regular communication, not related to the recent phone conversation with the Russian pranksters who posed as former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “We are in regular […]
Asked to comment on the published phone conversations involving Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the Russian pranksters, Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska said we would have to get used to being a target of different hybrid, cyber and other attacks aimed at threatening North Macedonia’s bid to join NATO. Such hybrid warfare and threats are not […]
North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski met with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) summit in Sarajevo. At the meeting, they praised the strong partnership between the two countries and positive trend in development of political and economic relations. Even though trade exchange between two […]
For over 25 years, the citizens of North Macedonia want to see the country taking its place in Western institutions. That desire will become a reality this year. The United States looks forward to welcoming North Macedonia as a 30th NATO member in the coming months, and we also strongly support the start of accession […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in his address at today’s event “Digitization of the Crisis Management System”, organized by the Crisis Management Center and NATO said that he expected North Macedonia to be an upstanding member of the Alliance. “I hope we will formally join NATO by the end of the year, although we have taken […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia Nikola Dimitrov met today with NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, Antonio Missiroli, currently paying a visit to the country for the meeting dedicated promoting the “Digitalization of the Crisis Management System of the Republic of North Macedonia”, organized by the Crisis Management […]
Turkey’s Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop said that Turkey will ratify North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol within a month at the latest. “As Turkey’s Parliament Speaker, I sent the protocol to the Foreign Affairs Committee, where a discussion is underway. The Committee’s agenda is tight, but I spoke to the Chairman of the Committee asking him […]
Luxembourg, Iceland, the UK, Spain, the U.S., Italy, the Netherlands, France and Turkey are the countries that are left to ratify North Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi told reporters on Friday. He expects ratification procedures to be wrapped up by autumn. In the UK Parliament, Xhaferi said, the procedure doesn’t involve a […]
It would be great if the ratification of North Macedonia’s accession protocol could finish by December, when the NATO leaders’ meeting in London is to take place, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday at a press conference ahead of the meetings of NATO Defence Ministers scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Brussels. “All allies […]
Hungary has ratified North Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol. North Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi attended the vote at the invitation of his Hungarian counterpart László Kövér. In the Hungarian Parliament, 153 MPs unanimously voted in favor of the ratification, the Parliament Speaker’s Office said in a press release.
Yesterday was a day for high-level visitors at Krivolak base as part of the Decisive Strike exercise, where North Macedonia’s Army infantry battalion presented offensive alongside members of the Pennsylvania National Guard. Decisive Strike is the largest military exercise to have been held in the country, including over 2,700 members of the Army of North […]
Official Washington believes North Macedonia is on the right track to joining the EU and that pre-accession talks with Brussels should start as soon as possible, said US Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs head Philip Reeker, who was also the US Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia between 2019 and 2011. According to Reeker, […]
The German Bundestag has voted in favour of North Macedonia’s protocol of accession to NATO, thus becoming the 16th NATO member to wrap up this process. However, German MPs debated on the postponement of the date for the launch of accession talks between the EU and North Macedonia. According to media outlets in Skopje, Germany […]
North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister, Nikola Dimitrov has thanked Norway for ratifying North Macedonia’s protocol of accession to NATO. He has thanked the Norwegian parliament on Twitter, while saying that he expects the Norwegian Foreign Minister Erkisen Soreide for a visit to Skopje this month. Meanwhile, the Norwegian Foreign Minister also announced on Twitter that his […]
“Decisive Strike” military exercise has started today in the Krivolak military base in the suburbs of Skopje. 1700 soldiers are participating in this joint exercise between North Macedonia’s armed forces and soldiers from NATO member countries. Decisive Strike is the biggest exercise ever held in the country and this exercise will last until 9 July. […]
