Minister Grabar-Kitarović meets Macedonian President Crvenkovski, Parliament Speaker Georgijevski, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and Foreign Assistance Konevska-Trajkovska and representatives of the Croatian community in Macedonia

During the meeting with President of the Republic of Macedonia Crvenkovski, mutual satisfaction was expressed with very good, friendly and well-developed relationships between the two countries, without open issues. The collocutors referred to their desire and expectations for intensification in bilateral economic collaboration in the forthcoming period. Opinions on the situation in the region and on co-operation in the process of Euro Atlantic integration were exchanged. The importance of co-operation under American-Adriatic Charter as well as the significance of increasing joint efforts to obtain NATO membership invitation as soon as possible was stated. Minister Grabar-Kitarović also talked on the Croatian initiative to start the process for the signing of the bilateral Agreement on Protecting the Rights of Croatian Minority in Macedonia.

Meeting with the Parliament Speaker Georgijevski, Minister Grabar-Kitarović welcomed the founding of the Parliamentary Group for Co-operation with the Croatian Parliament, which will further contribute to better parliamentary co-operation between the countries. The conversation focused on the subject of co-operation in the process of Euro Atlantic integration, a goal shared by both countries.

Conversation with Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and Foreign Assistance Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska focused on issues related to European integration, and experience and opinions were exchanged on economic activities as well as on modifications in the field of economy as part of the process of joining the EU.

During the second day of the official visit to the Republic of Macedonia, Minister Grabar-Kitarović also met with the representatives of the Croatian community in Macedonia. Regarding the position of Croats in Macedonia, Minister Grabar-Kitarović informed the representatives on the beginning of the process for the signing of the bilateral agreement on protecting Croatian minority rights in Macedonia, and asserted that she had notified the highest-ranking Macedonian state officials on the initiative.