Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova met with two representatives of the United Macedonians Organization of Canada, president Risto Durlovski and member Dushko Jankov.
According to the President’s Office, Durlovski and Jankov briefed Siljanovska-Davkova on the lives and achievements—as well as the challenges and proposals, of members of the Macedonian diaspora regarding their engagement in the economic, political, educational, scientific, and cultural spheres of their homeland.
“It is indisputable that the Macedonian diaspora in Canada is an integral part of the Macedonian national fabric,” the interlocutors agreed, reads the press release.
The President informed them about the adopted National Diaspora Strategy, a step forward in fostering unity through various forms of cooperation aimed at facilitating their smoother and faster integration into Macedonian social life, as well as ongoing efforts to establish a Diaspora Council within her office, highlighting the opportunity and need for them to nominate a representative to the council.
“Members of the diaspora expressed interest in participating in parliamentary and presidential elections and in closer communication with the Diaspora Agency, as well as an interest in institutional participation in the decision-making process in their homeland, particularly regarding issues that directly affect them, such as consultations on the nomination of ambassadors and consuls to Canada, among other matters,” reads the press release.