Macedonian President GordanaSiljanovska-Davkova held a working meeting with the ambassadors of the member states of the Friends of the Western Balkans group, focusing on regional cooperation and the European perspective of the Western Balkan countries.During the meeting with BálintÓdor (Hungary), Irena Andrasi (Croatia), IoannisVrailas (Greece), Vincenzo Celeste (Italy), JurajNociar (Slovakia), and VladimírBärtl (Czech Republic), the Macedonian President expressed her gratitude for their support.
Siljanovska-Davkovanoted that, despite the blockade in the accession process, the solid level of alignment of national legislation with European Union law, along with 100% alignment with the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy, confirms North Macedonia’s commitment to the European integration process.
As further evidence of this, she pointed to the accelerated implementation of the Reform Agenda, a point also noted in this year’s European Commission report. Siljanovska-Davkova expressed the expectation that the intensification of the Macedonian accession process and the integration of the region would be a priority for the upcoming presidencies of the Council of the European Union, particularly during the presidencies of Greece and Italy, as friends of the Western Balkans.