Linde extends gratitude for North Macedonia’s support to Sweden’s NATO membership bid
Skopje, 22 November 2022 (MIA) – Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Ann Linde, extended gratitude on Tuesday for North Macedonia’s support to Sweden’s NATO membership bid.
“The support from all 28 countries, including North Macedonia, is particularly important. Without hesitation, you took a position against Russia and fully aligned with the Union’s decisions and foreign security policy,” Linde said in response to reporters’ questions after the opening of the second Socio-Ecological Forum, organized by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Olof Palme International Center and the Progress Institute for Social Democracy.
Welcoming the recent start of the country’s negotiations for EU membership, Linde said it was not good for the EU that it hadn’t started the negotiations earlier, but it’s still good that it finally happened.
“Sweden will take over the EU Presidency January 2023. Both the government and the opposition are strongly committed to supporting North Macedonia for its full-fledged EU membership,” Linde said, pointing out that a lot of work is ahead of the country on this path, but it’s worth doing it.
