We are a small country. But we refuse to let the smallness of our territory define the scale of our ambition. Our ambition is to become a serious state. A state that its allies can trust. A state in which young people can plan their future. A state that respects the diversity and multicultural character of its society. A state confident enough to defend its own identity without denying the identity of others. A state that knows its history but is not imprisoned by it. And a state that does not expect others to build it in its place. That, to me, is modern sovereignty. Not isolation. Capability, Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said in his address before the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The PM affirmed that Macedonians and the citizens of Macedonia would shoulder their share of the responsibility.
“We must not wait for young people to leave before building societies where they see a future worth staying for. We must not wait for institutions to lose all public trust before reforming them. And we must not wait for the world to split completely into opposing blocs before rediscovering the value of dialogue,” added Mickoski.