Skopje, 19 June 2023 (MIA) — Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani is in London on a several-day working visit at the invitation of the UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs James Cleverly.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release, Minister Osmani will meet with Secretary of State Cleverly and UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Europe Leo Docherty.

The foreign minister will also have separate meetings with Lord Peach, the UK Prime Minister's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans; the UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to the Western Balkans Martin Vickers; former Minister for Europe and Americas at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Wendy Morton; and other government officials.

In addition to the development of bilateral cooperation and strengthening diplomatic ties between North Macedonia and the UK, now in their 30th year, talks will focus on the disrupted security architecture of Europe and the consequences of the war in Ukraine, the release says.

Also discussed will be cooperation as allies in NATO, North Macedonia's EU accession; British project support; and challenges surrounding North Macedonia's OSCE chairpersonship.

FM Osmani will also participate in Ukraine Recovery Conference, organized by Secretary of State Cleverly and the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

Ahead of the conference, Osmani will attend a reception for heads of delegations at St. James's Palace, which will also be attended by King Charles III, the release adds. mr/