Skopje, 1 September 2023 (MIA) – Currently we face a blockade of the country from inside. If we had blockades from outside previously, this is the first time that we have a blockade from inside. Our opposition must not remain a coalition of isolationism as was the case until now and I think we have enough time ahead of us for them to change their opinion, and, for the first time in the country’s history, to support a decision for North Macedonia’s integration, said Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski.

Considering the weight of the issue, according to Kovachevski, the debate will last as long as it is necessary to adopt a decision which would mean North Macedonia’s progress in the European integrations.

“If this was an easy decision, then we probably would dedicate less time to it. However, when it comes to a strategic decision that will have a generational impact on the state, then everyone should think hard, have good discussions and then, in the end, adopt the right decision,” said Kovachevski, in answer to a journalist’s question.

“That’s why,” stressed Kovachevski, “they should think hard about their policy, and conceive it in the direction of the country’s EU integration, and not towards isolation as we saw for 11 years.”

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