Skopje, 19 September 2023 (MIA) – Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani met Tuesday with the Estonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Margus Tsahkna, on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

Minister Osmani commended the excellent bilateral ties between the two friendly countries, thanking Estonia for its unequivocal and loud support for our country's EU accession negotiations. He reiterated our preparedness to implement the Estonian experience in the field of digitization in North Macedonia.

"There is a new impulse in the integration of the Western Balkans into the EU, which requires action both by the EU and by the countries of the region: the European Union should deliver more specific benefits during the accession process, and the countries of the Western Balkans region should take decisive actions in the implementation of the reform agenda and the adoption of the EU standards,” Osmani noted.

Minister Tsahkna underscored that Estonia highly values the contribution of the Republic of North Macedonia as OSCE Chairpersonship to the stability and prosperity of the entire OSCE region.

The interlocutors noted that the partnership between the two countries in terms of security and the commitment to achieving peace on European soil as soon as possible is further strengthened within the NATO. Moreover, they stressed the need to enhance mutual trade cooperation.

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