Zagreb, 29 August 2024 (MIA) - The European Union is unfair to North Macedonia. Macedonians have fulfilled numerous requirements demanded of them in order to speed up the negotiations and the EU accession but in spite of this, they are still far from membership. All of this shows that the EU does not have a sincere attitude towards North Macedonia, said Croatian President Zoran Milanović after a meeting with Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, who is paying an official visit to Croatia on Thursday.

Milanović's Office said in that Croatia will continue to be North Macedonia's strong supporter on its EU part and promote its Union accession, MIA reports from Zagreb.

Earlier in the day, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković told a joint press conference with PM Mickoski there have been many injustices toward North Macedonia and it is high time people showed respect for this.

"The issue weighing on the European path of North Macedonia is, in our opinion, unfair to the Macedonian people, the Macedonian identity. The Macedonian side has made so many concessions that hardly any other nation and country has accepted taking so many steps to speed up their path to EU membership," Plenković said, encouraging cooperation so that North Macedonia's accession talks with the EU open as soon as possible.

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