Croatia remains ready to help North Macedonia on its way to the European Union; over the past two decades, there have been many injustices toward North Macedonia and it is high time people showed respect for this, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković told a press conference Thursday after meeting with his Macedonian counterpart Hristijan Mickoski on his first official visit to Croatia.
“I think that so many concessions have been made on the Macedonian side, that hardly any nation and hardly any country would accept to take so many steps on their part to speed up their path to membership in the European Union.” He added that he is encouraged by the fact that the support in Macedonia for European integration is still high, around 70 percent.
Mickoski, during his first foreign visit after taking office, admitted that “it is very difficult and painful to use the adjective ‘North’ in all official meetings”. He said that this was the “reality” and that it was only necessary to “open the doors just a little” and finally start accession negotiations.
