Skopje, 23 January 2023 (MIA) – The European agenda is our strategic goal, we will not allow anything to jeopardize it, Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski told Monday’s session of the Security Council of the Republic of North Macedonia.  

The session focused on the current security situation in the country, the region and in the wider Euro-Atlantic area, including the situation in Ukraine, and in that context, participants in the meeting also discussed about North Macedonia’s Chairmanship of the OSCE, where 57 member countries are members, including the Russian Federation, the Government said in a press release. 

Particular focus was placed on good neighborly relations, to which the Republic of North Macedonia is sincerely committed, in the spirit of European values.  

At the session of the Security Council, PM Kovachevski agreed with President Pendarovski that the European agenda, which is a strategic goal of the country, as well as the bilateral relations with Bulgaria, must not be allowed to become victim of nationalist and populist policies, on neither side.  

In addition, Kovachevski pointed to the country’s European perspectives as a matter of importance for North Macedonia’s stability and economic development, as well as the stability and security of the entire region, and pointed to the need for responsible behavior by all political leaders and entities, in achieving this state, strategic goal, which is the expectation of the majority of citizens in the country.